Vocabulary : Reticulum to Retinea
Reticulum : The second stomach of ruminants, in which folds of the mucous membrane form hexagonal cells; -- also called the honeycomb stomach. ;; The neuroglia.Retiform : Composed of crossing lines and interstices; reticular; netlike; as, the retiform coat of the eye.
Retina : The delicate membrane by which the back part of the globe of the eye is lined, and in which the fibers of the optic nerve terminate. See Eye.
Retinacula : of Retinaculum
Retinaculum : A connecting band; a fraenum; as, 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 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.
