| suspensor | 1. A suspensory. 2. <botany> The cord which suspends the embryo; and which is attached to the radicle in the young state; the proembryo. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| suspensor cell | <plant biology> Plant cell linking the growing embryo to the wall of the embryo sac in developing seeds. (18 Nov 1997) |
| suspensorium | Origin: NL. <anatomy> Anything which suspends or holds up a part: especially, the mandibular suspensorium (a series of bones, or of cartilages representing them) which connects the base of the lower jaw with the skull in most vertebrates below mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspensory | 1. Suspended; hanging; depending. 2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle. 3. <anatomy> Of or pertaining to a suspensorium. <medicine> That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically . A bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum. Origin: Cf. F. Suspensoir, suspensoire. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| suspensory bandage | A bag of expansile fabric for supporting the scrotum and its contents. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of axilla | The continuation of the clavipectoral fascia downward to attach to the axillary fascia; it maintains the characteristic hollow of the armpit. Synonym: Campbell's ligament, Gerdy's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of clitoris | A fibrous band at the deep fascial level that extends from the pubic symphysis to the deep fascia of the clitoris, anchoring the clitoris to the pubic symphysis. Synonym: ligamentum suspensorium clitoridis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of eyeball | A thickening of the inferior part of the bulbar sheath which supports the eye within the orbit; it extends between the lateral and medial orbital margins and includes the medial and lateral check ligament's. Synonym: Lockwood's ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of gonad | <anatomy> An embryonic mesenchymatous band providing support for the internal genitalia. Synonym: suspensory ligament of gonad. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of lens | A series of delicate meridional fibres arising from the inner surface of the orbiculus ciliaris that run in bundles between, and in a very thin layer over, the ciliary processes; at the inner border of the corona, the fibres diverge into two groups that are attached to the capsule on the anterior and posterior surfaces of the lens close to the equator; the spaces between these two layers of fibres are filled with aqueous humor. Synonym: zonula ciliaris, apparatus suspensorius lentis, suspensory ligament of lens, Zinn's zonule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of oesophagus | Longitudinal fibre of the oesophagus that attaches to the posterior aspect of the cricoid cartilage of the larynx. Synonym: tendo cricoesophageus, Gillette's suspensory ligament, suspensory ligament of oesophagus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of ovary | A band of peritoneum that extends upward from the upper pole of the ovary; it contains the ovarian vessels and ovarian plexus of nerves. Synonym: ligamentum suspensorium ovarii, infundibulopelvic ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of penis | A fibrous band at the deep fascial layer that extends from the pubic symphysis to the deep fascia of the penis anchoring the roof of the penis. Synonym: ligamentum suspensorium penis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of testis | The cranial atrophic portion of the urogenital ridge attached to the cranial pole of the intra-abdominal embryonic testis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| suspensory ligament of thyroid gland | One of several fibrous bands which pass from the sheath of the thyroid gland to the thyroid and cricoid cartilages. (05 Mar 2000) |