PLI COURBE 1123 PLICA 



TABLE OF NERVE-PLEXUSES.— Continued. 



Vesical arteries. 



Pelvic plexus. 



Vesiculae seminales, vas deferens. 



Vidian nerve. 



Pli courbe ( pie koorb) [Fr. ] . The angular gyrus. 



Plica (ph'-kah) [L. : pi., Plia?\ A fold; a convo- 



tion of the brain ; a valve of a vein. P. adiposae : 



' I ) folds of the costal pleura containing fat ; (2) the 



s >"™vial fringes. P. aliformes, the alar ligaments of 



he knee-joint. See Ligament. P. ary-epiglotticae. 



Folds, Aryteno-epiglottidean. P. centralis 



retinae, a fold found post-mortem in the retina, ex- 



tendine; transversely on each side of the optic disc. 



P- ciliares, the choroidal folds posterior to the 



-iliary processes. P. coli, a fold of mucosa forming 



s upper margin of the ileocecal valve. P. con- 



mventes. Synonym of Valvula conniventes. P. 



Uouglasii. See Douglas's Pouch. P. fimbriata, a 



fold of mucous membrane, with a fimbriated edge, ex- 

 tending in mammals from the frenum to the tip of the 

 tongue. It is looked upon as the analogue of the sub- 

 lingua of lower vertebrates. P. ilei, a fold of mucosa 

 constituting the lower margin of the ileocecal valve. 

 P. interarticularis coxae. Synonym of Ligamentum 

 teres. See Ligament. P. linguae perpendicularis, 

 one of the grooves or fissures on the dorsum of 

 the tongue extending laterally on both sides of the 

 median line. P. longicauda, a variety of P. polonica, 

 in which the hair forms a long, matted or twisted coil. 

 P. longitudinalis duodeni, a fold of mucosa extend- 

 ing from the duodenal papilla for a short distance 

 along the posterior wall of the descending portion of 



