plate
[plāt] 2. dental plate; sometimes, by extension, incorrectly used to designate a complete denture.
3. a flat vessel, usually a
petri dish, containing sterile solid medium for the culture of microorganisms.
4. to prepare a culture medium in a
petri dish, or to inoculate such a medium with a bacterial culture.
cortical plate a layer of compact bone overlying the spongiosa of the alveolar process on the vestibular and oral aspects of the mandible and maxilla.
dental plate a plate of acrylic resin, metal, or other material that is fitted to the shape of the mouth, and serves for the support of artificial teeth.
epiphyseal plate the thin plate of cartilage between the epiphysis and the shaft of a long bone; it is the site of growth in length and is obliterated by epiphyseal closure.
equatorial plate the collection of chromosomes at the equator of the spindle in mitosis.
neural plate a thickened band of ectoderm in the midbody region of the developing embryo, which develops into the
neural tube; called also
medullary plate.
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