semilunar
IPA: sɛmɪɫˈunɝ
noun
- (anatomy) The lunate bone, or semilunar bone.
adjective
- Shaped like a half-moon; crescent-shaped.
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Examples of "semilunar" in Sentences
- Please note the delicate semilunar valves.
- The aperture is semilunar and usually lacks teeth.
- The shell aperture is semilunar and a little oblique.
- Its orifice is guarded by the aortic semilunar valves.
- It is also referred to as the internal semilunar fibrocartilage.
- These cusps are half moon shaped hence also called aortic semilunar valve.
- Traube's semilunar space is an anatomic region of some clinical importance.
- They are sometimes referred to as the semilunar ganglia or the solar ganglia.
- Blood is then pumped through the semilunar valve and into the pulmonary artery.
- The superior semilunar lobules and the folium vermis form the lobus semilunaris.