carina

[kah-ri´nah] (pl. cari´nae) (L.)

a ridgelike structure.

carina tra´cheae a downward and backward projection of the lowest tracheal cartilage, forming a ridge between the openings of the right and left principal bronchi.

carina urethra´lis vagi´nae the column of rugae in the lower anterior wall of the vagina, immediately below the urethra.

ca·ri·na

, pl.

ca·ri·nae

(kă-rī'nă, -rī'nē),

1. In humans, a term applied or applicable to several anatomic structures forming a projecting central ridge.

2. That portion of the sternum in a bird, bat, or mole that serves as the origin of the pectoral muscles; it is not found in flightless birds or in most mammals.

[L. the keel of a boat]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

carina

(kə-rī′nə, -rē′-)

n. pl. cari·nae (-nē)

A keel-shaped ridge or structure, such as that on the breastbone of a bird or of the fused lower two petals of flowers of many members of the pea family.

ca·ri·na

,pl. carinae (kă-rī'nă, -nē)

A term applied to anatomic structures forming a projecting central ridge.

[L. the keel of a boat]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

carina

Any keel-shaped ridge in the body, especially the ridge formed where the TRACHEA divides into the two bronchi.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

carina

keel

the keel-shaped edge of a leguminous flower, consisting of two fused lower petals. This may have a role in pollination, acting, for example, as a landing platform for bees.
the breast-bone of a bird.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

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