lamina
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"When we saw the dental lamina for the first time, our eyes popped," Cohen said.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
In humans, the dental lamina disintegrates after we grow our adult teeth, but many vertebrates retain the ability to replace their teeth.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2025
The impact fractured the C5 lamina in Cogliano’s cervical spine.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2023
In compound leaves, the lamina is separated into leaflets.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Alvarez wondered what it was about a thin lamina of clay, barely a quarter of an inch thick, that could account for such a dramatic moment in Earth’s history.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
The scan also revealed unique characteristics, including a Y-shaped arrangement of supporting bones known as laminae.
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
It consists of four parts, the right and left pedicles and the right and left laminae.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
Plates of hepatocytes called hepatic laminae radiate outward from the portal vein in each hepatic lobule.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The vertebral arch consists of the pedicles, which attach to the vertebral body, and the laminae, which come together to form the roof of the arch.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
The laminae which cover the shell are easily bleached off, and when the shell is cleaned it has a handsome appearance.
From Beautiful Shells of New Zealand An Illustrated Work for Amateur Collectors of New Zealand Marine Shells, with Directions for Collecting and Cleaning them by E. G. B. Moss
In these grasses the laminas are folded flat on their midribs so that each half of the blade is folded flat on the other, the inner surfaces being in contact.
From A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses by K. Rangachari
Vocabulary lists containing lamina
Structural Engineering
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