lamina
IPA: ɫˈæmʌnʌ
noun
- a thin layer, plate, or scale of material
- (anatomy) either of two broad, flat plates of bone of a vertebra that is fused with and extends from the pedicle to the median line of the neural arch to form the base of the spinous process and that along with the pedicle forms the posterior part of the vertebral foramen
- (botany) the flat expanded part of a foliage leaf or leaflet
- (geology) a fine layer that occurs in sedimentary rocks
- (zootomy) one of the narrow thin parallel plates of soft vascular sensitive tissue that cover the flesh within the wall of a hoof
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Examples of "lamina" in Sentences
- Z.L. Placed over the shallow dental furrow, points to the dental lamina, which is spread out below to form the enamel germ of the future tooth.
- Mr. Symons does acknowledge the Lord Lamington connection, but adds a further theory: That "the name refers to a 'lamina' of golden apricot jam filling, used to provide moisture to leftover cake."
- You know the properties of thin laminae: each ray reflected from such a lamina is formed by the superposition of a ray reflected from the front side of the lamina on a ray reflected from the rear side.
- On the inner surface of the lamina choriocapillaris is a very thin, structureless, or faintly fibrous membrane, called the lamina basalis; it is closely connected with the stroma of the choroid, and separates it from the pigmentary layer of the retina.
- Called a laminotomy, it's an arthroscopic procedure that shaves a portion of the bony plate known as the lamina and is supposed to eliminate the pain Gallinari has been feeling in his lower back since he and Robert "Tractor" Traylor collided in the Knicks 'first 2008 summer league game.
- Another instance of the development of parts usually suppressed, is afforded by the bud-scales of _Magnolia fuscata_, which may sometimes be found with small but perfect leaves projecting from them, the leaf in this case being the lamina which is ordinarily abortive, while the scales are the representatives of the stipules.
- For each elementary colour these rays add together or subtract from one another according to a classical formula, depending on whether they are in phase or out of phase; in particular, there is extinction when the thickness of the lamina is an even multiple of one quarter of the wavelength, and there is maximum reflection when it is an odd multiple.
- According to the facts of the case, the plaintiff was injured during the routine sinus surgery procedure, which was intended to clear sinusitis from the plaintiff's maxillary sinus, when the surgeon instead operated in the ethmoid sinus, cut through the side of the orbit of the eye, known as the lamina papyracea, and then severed the medial rectus muscle, which stabilizes and moves the eye.
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