gastropancreatic fold left
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fold — 1. A ridge or margin apparently formed by the doubling back of a lamina. SYN: plica. 2. In the embryo, a transient elevation or reduplication of tissue in the form of a lamina … Medical dictionary
plica gastropancreatica — [TA] gastropancreatic fold: a crescentic fold of peritoneum formed by the left gastric artery as it runs from the posterior abdominal wall to the lesser curvature of the stomach; called also left gastropancreatic fold. Cf. p. hepatopancreatica … Medical dictionary
plica — [TA] SYN: fold (1). [Mod. L. a plait or fold] plicae adiposae pleurae SYN: fatty folds of pleura, under fold. plicae alares plicae synovialis infrapatellaris SYN: alar folds of intrapatellar synovial fold, under fold. plicae ampullares tubae… … Medical dictionary
