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a ridge that forms a seam between two parts

a ridge that forms a seam between two parts

The line of union of two contiguous and similar structures.

A suture; lines of the body resembling a suture.

A bundle of vessels connecting the chalaza with the hilum of a seed.

In bot., a term applied to parts which look as if they had been sewn together; in seeds, the channel of vessels which connects the chalaza with the hilum; in umbelliferous plants, the line of junction of the two halves of which their fruit is composed; in anat., the raised seam-like line which runs along the perinaeum to the anus.

A seam-like suture, as the junction line of some fruits ; the perineal line.

A name given to prominent lines resembling a raised stitch. Such is the raphe or tramis which divides the scrotum into two parts, and which extends from the anterior part of the anus to the extremity of the penis. The name Raphe seu Raphe superior seu Linea Mediana seu Sutura corporis callosi externa seu chorda longitudinalis Lancisii is, also, given to two prominent linea which are longitudinal and parallel, and are seen at the upper surface of the corpus callosum, extending from the anterior to the posterior extremity of that commissure.

Ridge that marks the line of union of the halves of a symmetric organ.

Literally, a seam; hence (its ordinary meaning) a line projecting above the surrounding surface like a seam, especially the line that marks the junction of the two lateral halves of the scrotum.

In anatomy and surgery, a suture.

In botany, the portion of the funiculus which becomes adnate to the body of the ovule in seeds.