| suprapatellar | Above the patella, denoting especially a bursa. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| suprapatellar bursa | <anatomy> A large bursa between the lower part of the femur and the tendon of the quadriceps femoris muscle. It usually communicates with the cavity of the knee joint. Synonym: bursa suprapatellaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suprapatellar reflex | The patella rises when a tap is given on the quadriceps tendon above the patella. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Capillaria plica | A fine threadworm species occurring in the urinary bladder and sometimes the renal pelvis of the dog and cat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica | 1. <medicine> A disease of the hair (Plica polonica), in which it becomes twisted and matted together. The disease is of Polish origin, and is hence called also Polish plait. 2. <botany> A diseased state in plants in which there is an excessive development of small entangled twigs, instead of ordinary branches. 3. <zoology> The bend of the wing of a bird. Origin: LL, a fold, fr. L. Plicare to fold. See Ply. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plica aryepiglottica | A prominent fold of mucous membrane stretching between the lateral margin of the epiglottis and the arytenoid cartilage on either side; it encloses the aryepiglottic muscle. Synonym: plica aryepiglottica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica axillaris | One of the folds of skin and muscular tissue bounding the axilla anteriorly and posteriorly. Synonym: plica axillaris. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica caecalis vascularis | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold that arches over a branch of the ileocolic artery and bounds in front a narrow recess, the superior ileocaecal (or ileocolic) recess. Synonym: plica caecalis vascularis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica chordae tympani | The fold of mucosa that surrounds the chorda tympani nerve in its course through the tympanic cavity. Synonym: plica chordae tympani. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica choroidea | In the embryo, an infolding of the chorion from which the choroid plexus develops. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica duodenalis inferior | A fold of peritoneum bounding the inferior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis inferior, plica duodenomesocolica, duodenomesocolic fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica duodenalis superior | A fold of peritoneum bounding the superior duodenal recess. Synonym: plica duodenalis superior, plica duodenojejunalis, duodenojejunal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica duodenojejunalis | An alternate term for superior duodenal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica duodenomesocolica | An alternate term for inferior duodenal fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica epigastrica | The ridge on the peritoneal surface of the anterior abdominal wall formed by the inferior epigastric vessels. Synonym: plica umbilicalis lateralis, epigastric fold, plica epigastrica. (05 Mar 2000) |