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121Gluteal cleft — Infobox Anatomy Name = Gluteal cleft Latin = crena analis GraySubject = GrayPage = Caption = Caption2 = MapPos = MapCaption = Precursor = System = Artery = Vein = Nerve = Lymph = MeshName = MeshNumber = DorlandsPre = c 60 DorlandsSuf = 12265172… …
122Intergluteal cleft — The intergluteal cleft, also known as the natal cleft, the vertical gluteal crease, and the gluteal cleft, is the groove between the buttocks that runs from just below the sacrum to the perineum, so named because it forms the visible border… …
123facial cleft — 1. any of the clefts between the embryonic prominences that normally unite to form the face. 2. failure of union of a facial cleft, which, depending on its site, causes such developmental defects as cleft cheek, cleft lip, cleft mandible, oblique …
124pharyngeal cleft — n BRANCHIAL CLEFT * * * (branchial cleft, visceral cleft) any of the paired segmented clefts in each side of the throat of the early embryo that correspond to the gills of fish. Soon after they have formed they close to form the pharyngeal pouch …
125branchial cleft — n one of the open or potentially open clefts that occur on each side of the neck region of a vertebrate embryo between the branchial arches, are formed by the meeting of an external furrow in the ectoderm with a pharyngeal pouch, may or may not… …
126oblique facial cleft — a rare form of facial cleft extending from the lip to the inner canthus of the eye. It may be superficial but usually separates the underlying bone and is associated with cleft lip, cleft palate, or lateral facial cleft. Called also meloschisis… …
127gill cleft — noun one of a series of slit openings in the pharynxes of fishes and aquatic amphibians through which water passes • Syn: ↑gill slit, ↑branchial cleft • Hypernyms: ↑structure, ↑anatomical structure, ↑complex body part, ↑bodily structure, ↑ …
128in a cleft stick — phrasal : in an inextricable position : in a dilemma : in a fix I never saw his equal to put a fellow in a cleft stick Charles Lever * * * in a cleft stick (figurative) 1. In a difficult situation 2. In a dilemma • • • …
