linea alba
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linea
[lin´e-ah] (L.)line.
linea al´ba white line; the tendinous median line on the anterior abdominal wall between the two rectus muscles.
li´neae albican´tes white or colorless lines on the abdomen, breasts, or thighs caused by mechanical stretching of the skin, with weakening of the elastic tissue; see also atrophic striae.
linea as´pera a rough longitudinal line on the back of the femur for muscle attachments.
linea ni´gra the linea alba when it has become pigmented in pregnancy.
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lin·e·a al·'ba
[TA]a fibrous band running vertically the entire length of the midline of the anterior abdominal wall, receiving the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles.
Synonym(s): Hunter line
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lin·e·a al·ba
(lin'ē-ă al'bă) [TA]A fibrous band running vertically the entire length of the center of the anterior abdominal wall, receiving the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles.
Synonym(s): white line (1) .
Synonym(s): white line (1) .
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linea alba
The central strip of white FASCIA running down the front wall of the abdomen from the bottom of the breastbone (STERNUM) to the PUBIS.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
Hunter,
William, English pathologist, 1861-1937.Hunter glossitis - Synonym(s): Moeller-Hunter syndrome
Moeller-Hunter syndrome - see under Moeller, Julius Otto Ludwig
Hunter,
William, Scottish anatomist and obstetrician, 1718-1783.Hunter ligament - Synonym(s): round ligament of the uterus
Hunter line - a fibrous band running vertically the entire length of the center of the anterior abdominal wall, receiving the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles. Synonym(s): linea alba
Hunter membrane - the mucous membrane of the pregnant uterus. Synonym(s): deciduous membrane
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lin·e·a al·ba
(lin'ē-ă al'bă) [TA]A fibrous band running vertically the entire length of the center of the anterior abdominal wall, receiving the attachments of the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles.
Synonym(s): white line (1) .
Synonym(s): white line (1) .
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