retinaculum.
A connecting band.
Meaning & usage
A connecting band.
the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves
One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
A loop on the underside of the forewing of some moths.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Latin retināculum, from retinēre (“hold back”).
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