| posterior border of testis |
The rounded posterior portion of the testis into which the vessels enter.
Synonym: margo posterior testis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| posterior border of ulna |
The sinuous palpable subcutaneous ridge on the posterior aspect of the ulna that extends from near the olecranon to the styloid process, demarcating "anterior" (flexor) from "posterior" (extensor) compartments of forearm.
Synonym: margo posterior ulnae.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| articular lamella |
The compact layer of bone on its articular surface that is firmly attached to the overlying articular cartilage.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| glandulopreputial lamella |
A layer of embryonic epithelial tissue that gives rise to the prepuce.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| vitreous lamella |
The transparent, nearly structureless inner layer of the choroid in contact with the pigmented layer of the retina.
Synonym: basal lamina of choroid, basal layer of choroid, Bruch's membrane, Henle's membrane, lamina vitrea, vitreous lamella, vitreous membrane.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| ribosome-lamella complex |
A cylindrical cytoplasmic inclusion composed of concentrically arranged sheets of membranes alternating with rows of ribosomes; characteristic of the hairy cell in leukaemic reticuloendotheliosis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| ground lamella |
One of the lamellae of partially resorbed osteons occurring between newer, complete osteons.
Synonym: ground lamella, intermediary system, intermediate lamella.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| middle lamella |
First part of the plant cell wall to be formed, laid down in the phragmoplast during cell division as the cell plate. Subsequently makes up the central part of the double cell wall that separates two adjacent cells, cementing together the two primary walls. Rich in pectin and relatively poor in cellulose.
(18 Nov 1997) |
| circumferential lamella |
A bony lamella that encircles the outer or inner surface of a bone.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| concentric lamella |
One of the concentric tubular layers of bone surrounding the central canal in an osteon.
Synonym: haversian lamella.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| cornoid lamella |
A narrow vertical column of parakeratosis in the epidermal stratum corneum; characteristic of porokeratosis.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| haversian lamella |
One of the concentric tubular layers of bone surrounding the central canal in an osteon.
Synonym: haversian lamella.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| intermediate lamella |
One of the lamellae of partially resorbed osteons occurring between newer, complete osteons.
Synonym: ground lamella, intermediary system, intermediate lamella.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| interstitial lamella |
One of the lamellae of partially resorbed osteons occurring between newer, complete osteons.
Synonym: ground lamella, intermediary system, intermediate lamella.
(05 Mar 2000) |
| elastic lamella |
A thin sheet or membrane composed of elastic fibres; distinguished from elastic membrane, which usually refers to a condensed mass of fibres, as in an artery, whereas an elastic lamella may be a looser elastic layer such as found in a vein or the respiratory tract.
(05 Mar 2000) |
