fold; plica

Introduction

A ridge or margin apparently formed by the doubling back of a lamina.

More specific terms

• 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