| palmaris longus | <anatomy, muscle> Origin, medial epicondyle of humerus; insertion, flexor retinaculum of wrist and palmar fascia; action, makes palmar fascia tense and flexes the hand and forearm; is absent about 20% of the time; when tensed, its tendon stands out sharply at the wrist and overlies the median nerve; nerve supply, median. Synonym: musculus palmaris longus, long palmar muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| palmarium | Origin: NL. See Palmar. <zoology> One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmary | <anatomy> Palmar. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmate | <botany> Of a leaf, divided into several leaflets which arise at the same point (as with a leaf from a palm tree). (09 Oct 1997) |
| palmate folds | The two longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the mucous membrane lining the cervix uteri, from which numerous secondary folds, or rugae, branch off. Synonym: plicae palmatae, arbor vitae uteri, lyra uterina. (05 Mar 2000) |
| palmated | 1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread. 2. <botany> Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. 3. <ornithology, zoology> Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; said of certain corals, antlers, etc. Origin: L. Palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmatifid | <botany> Of a leaf, deeply divided into several lobes which arise (almost) at the same level. Compare: pinnatifid. (09 Oct 1997) |
| palmatilobed | <botany> Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center. Origin: L. Palmatus palmate + E. Lobed. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| palmatisect | <botany> A condition intermediate between palmate and palmatifid, with the green tissue of the lamina completely divided into several segments, but the segments not fully separated at the base. (09 Oct 1997) |
| palmatisected | <botany> Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted. Origin: L. Palmatus palmate + secare to cut. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |