| plica uterovesicalis | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold extending from the uterus to the posterior portion of the bladder. Synonym: plica uterovesicalis, plica vesicouterina, uterovesical fold, vesicouterine ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| plica venae cavae sinistrae | A pericardial fold lying between the left oblique vein of the atrium and the left superior pulmonary vein containing the obliterated remains of the left superior vena cava. Synonym: plica venae cavae sinistrae, Marshall's vestigial fold, vestigial fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica ventricularis | One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis. Synonym: plica vestibularis, false vocal cord, plica ventricularis, ventricular band of larynx, ventricular fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica vesicalis transversa | A duplication of peritoneum passing over the empty bladder, but obliterated when the viscus is full. Synonym: plica vesicalis transversa. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica vesicouterina | <anatomy> A peritoneal fold extending from the uterus to the posterior portion of the bladder. Synonym: plica uterovesicalis, plica vesicouterina, uterovesical fold, vesicouterine ligament. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica vestibularis | One of the pair of folds of mucous membrane stretching across the laryngeal cavity from the angle of the thyroid cartilage to the arytenoid cartilage; they enclose a space called the rima vestibuli or false glottis. Synonym: plica vestibularis, false vocal cord, plica ventricularis, ventricular band of larynx, ventricular fold. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica vestibuli | A fold of mucous membrane forming a ridge on the septum of the nose. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica villosa | One of the ridges of the mucous membrane of the stomach in the region of the pylorus. (05 Mar 2000) |
| plica vocalis | One of Ferrein's cords; the sharp edge of a fold of mucous membrane overlying the vocal ligament and stretching along either wall of the larynx from the angle between the laminae of the thyroid cartilage to the vocal process of the arytenoid cartilage; the vocal folds are the agents concerned in voice production. Synonym: plica vocalis, chorda vocalis, labium vocale, true vocal cord, vocal cord, vocal shelf. (05 Mar 2000) |