palmate folds of cervical canal

(redirected from arbor vitae uteri)

pal·mate folds of cervical canal

[TA]
the two longitudinal ridges, anterior and posterior, in the mucous membrane lining the cervix uteri, from which numerous secondary folds, or rugae, branch off.
Synonym(s): plicae palmatae canalis cervicis uteri [TA], arbor vitae uteri, lyra uterina
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