retinaculum

n. [解]支持带, 韧带,[昆]翅缰钩,[植]着粉腺

发音

/ˌrɛtɪˈnækjʊləm/

词形变化

retinacula 复数 retinacula

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A connecting band.

    医学

    the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves

  2. 2.

    One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.

    医学
  3. 3.

    One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.

    生物 动物学
  4. 4.

    A loop on the underside of the forewing of some moths.

    生物 动物学
  5. 5.

    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.

    生物 植物学

词源

From Latin retināculum, from retinēre (“hold back”).

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