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Retinaculum   Listen
noun
Retinaculum  n.  (pl. retinacula)  
1.
(Anat.)
(a)
A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.
(b)
One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
2.
(Zool.) One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
3.
(Bot.) A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.





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"Retinaculum" Quotes from Famous Books



... terminating in only two nervules, discoidal nervule nearly atrophied; discocellular the same, united with the third median nervule; cell rather large. Base of these wings in the male with a strong bristle passing behind a strong corneous retinaculum, which arises from the anterior ...
— Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. • J Lort Stokes


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