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Retinaculum
Meaning
Noun
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In Anatomy:
A
connecting
band.
●
In Anatomy:
One of the
annular
ligaments
which
hold
the
tendons
close
to the bones
at the
larger
joints
, as at the
wrist
and ankle.
●
In Zoology:
One of the
retractor
muscles
of the
proboscis
of certain worms.
●
In Zoology:
A
loop
on the
underside
of the
forewing
of some moths.
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In Botany:
A small
gland
or process to which
bodies
are
attached
; as, the
glandular
retinacula
to which the
pollinia
of
orchids
are
attached
, or the
hooks
which support the
seeds
in many
acanthaceous
plants.
Sourced from
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