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fold; plica
A ridge or margin apparently formed by the doubling back of a lamina.
Specific
aryepiglottic fold (arytenoepiglottidean fold)
axillary fold
caval fold
iliocecal fold; Treves fossa; plica iliocecalis
interureteric crest/fold; bar of bladder; ureteric fold; Mercier bar; plica ureterica; torus uretericus
lateral glossoepiglottic/pharyngoepiglottic fold
lateral umbilical fold; plica umbricalis lateralis; epigastric fascia
malleolar fold - anterior/posterior
medial umbilical fold; plica umbilicalis medialis; plica hypogastrica
median umbilical fold; plica urachi
peritoneal fold
pleuroperitoneal fold/membrane
rectouterine fold; plica rectouterina; Douglas fold; sacrouterine fold
sacrogenital fold
salpingopharyngeal fold
semilunar fold
sublingual fold
synovial fold
tonsillar/amygdaloid fossa (tonsillar bed)
transverse folds of rectum; plicae recti; rectal valves (Houston folds, Kohlrausch folds)
transverse palatine fold; ruga palatina; transverse palatine ridge
transverse vesical fold; plica vesicalis transversa
triangular fold
References
Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams &
Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.