Raphe: alternatives and connections

A muscle which serves to draw a part out, or form the median line of the body; as, the abductor oculi, which draws the eye outward.

a muscle that draws a body part toward the median line

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

relating to or constituting the middle value of an ordered set of values (or the average of the middle two in a set with an even numbe…

A mound, pile, or ridge of earth, raised above the surrounding level; hence, anything shaped like a mound or ridge of earth; as, a ban…

A band or stripe, as of color, round any organ; or any circular ridge or series of ridges.

The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

Surrounded by a ridge or elevation; as, the circumvallate papillae, near the base of the tongue.

A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and sod…

Having fibers; made up of fibers.

Having no fibers; destitute of fibers or fiber.

A fascia; a band of fibers; applied esp. to certain bands of white matter in the brain.

A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to differ…

To cut a furrow in; to make furrows in; to plow; as, to furrow the ground or sea.

Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx; -- applied especially to the ninth pair of cranial nerves, which are distributed to the…

A ridge formed by tilted strata; hence, any ridge with a sharp summit, and steeply sloping sides.