muscle plate

plate (plāt)

1. a flat structure or layer, as a thin layer of bone.

2. dental p.

3. to apply a culture medium to a Petri dish.

4. to inoculate such a plate with bacteria.

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bite plate  biteplate.

bone plate  a metal bar with perforations for the insertion of screws, used to immobilize fractured segments.

cribriform plate  fascia cribrosa.

dental plate  a plate of acrylic resin, metal, or other material, which is fitted to the shape of the mouth and serves to support artificial teeth.

dorsal plate  roof p.

epiphyseal plate  the thin plate of cartilage between the epiphysis and the metaphysis of a growing long bone.

equatorial plate  the collection of chromosomes at the equator of the spindle in mitosis.

floor plate  the unpaired ventral longitudinal zone of the neural tube.

foot plate 

1. see footplate.

2. the embryonic precursor of a foot.

growth plate  epiphyseal p.

hand plate  a flattened expansion at the end of the embryonic limb; the precursor of the hand.

medullary plate  neural p.

motor end plate  end plate.

muscle plate  myotome (2).

nail plate  nail (1).

neural plate  the thickened plate of ectoderm in the embryo that develops into the neural tube.

roof plate  the unpaired dorsal longitudinal zone of the neural tube.

tarsal plate  tarsus (2).

tympanic plate  the bony plate forming the floor and sides of the meatus auditorius.

ventral plate  floor p.

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muscle plate

n.

See myotome.

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plate

1. a flat structure or layer, as a flat layer of bone.

2. used as a fracture repair medium, including compression plates.

3. to apply a culture medium to a glass plate.

4. to cultivate bacteria on such plates.

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axial plate

the primitive streak of the embryo.

basal plate

primordial ventral horn of the spinal cord.

plate bender

a strong crimping device for manually bending a plate for a tricky bit of orthopedic repair.

buttress plate (2)

a metal plate used in fracture repair to bridge and support a diaphyseal gap filled with a cancellous bone graft.

cloacal plate

blind ending of the hindgut in the embryo.

cribriform plate

a sievelike partition between the cranial and nasal cavities. The posterior surface is divided by the vertical ethmoidal crest into two concave surfaces which contain the olfactory bulbs. It contains many small perforations through which the filaments of the olfactory nerves pass.

deck plate

see roof plate.

dorsal plate

see roof plate.

equatorial plate

the collection of chromosomes at the equator of the spindle in mitosis.

floor plate

the unpaired ventral longitudinal zone of the neural tube; called also ventral plate.

foot plate

the flat portion of the stapes.

medullary plate

neural plate.

muscle plate

myotome (2).

nasal plate

region of modified skin around the nostrils in the embryonic carnivore or small ruminant.

nasolabial plate

region of modified skin around the nostrils in the embryo of cattle.

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.

neutralization plate (2)

a bone plate placed to protect against the forces acting on the fracture site.

orthopedic bone plate

a metal plate screwed to the two fragments of a fractured bone to provide fixation and permit healing in correct alignment.

roof plate

the unpaired dorsal longitudinal zone of the neural tube; called also dorsal plate and deck plate.

rostral plate

region of modified skin around the nostrils in the porcine embryo.

sole plate

a mass of protoplasm in which a motor nerve ending is embedded.

spinal plate

metal or plastic plates may used to stabilize thoracolumbar or lumbar spinal fractures. With one plate on each side of a row of dorsal spinal processes, they are bolted together in the spaces between processes.

tarsal plate

one of the plates of connective tissue forming the framework of either (upper or lower) eyelid.

tectorial plate

the roof of the ethmoidal labyrinth of the internal ear.

tension band plate (2)

a bone plate placed on the tension side of a fracture and which counteracts tensile forces, converting them into compression forces at the fracture site.

ventral plate

floor plate.