Raphaelism (rafaelizm)

[ Asiatic. rap hi graph fleshy testa of the seed. See cuts under an at ropous and hemitropous. (b) A longitudinal line or rib on the valves of many diatoms, connecting the three nodules when present. (See nod ule.) The usual primary cla ification of genera depends upon its presence or absence.2. In an at., a seam-like union of two lateral halves, usually in the mesial plane, and constituting either a median septum of connective ti ue or a longitudinal ridge or furrow; specifically, in the brain, the median lamina of decu ating fibers which extends in the tegmental region from the oblong at a up to the third tudinal furrow on the median line of its dorsal surface, ventricle. Raphe of the corpus callosum, a long i bounded by the mesial longitudinal str iæ.-Raphe or the medulla oblong at a, the median septum, composed of fibers which run in part dorsoventrally, in part longitudinally, and in part acro the septum more or le obliquely, together with nerve-cells. - Raphe of the palate, a linear median ridge extending from a small papilla in front, corresponding with the inferior opening of the anterior palatine foramen, back to the uvula.Raphe of the penis, the extension of the raphe of the scrotum forward on the under side of the penis.-Raphe of the perineum, the extension of the raphe of the scrotum backward on the perineum. - Raphe of the pharynx, the median seam on the posterior wall of the pharynx.-Raphe of the scrotum, a slight median ridge extending forward to the under side of the penis, and backward along the perineum to the margin of the anus.Raphe of the tongue, a slight furrow along the middle of the dorsal surface, terminating posteriorly in the foramen cæcum.