retinaculum

(ret-in-ak’u-lum), pl. retinac’uda [L. “halter. 1. A structure which retains an organ or ti ue in its place. 2. A tenaculum for operations on hernia. Barry’s r., any one of a set of filaments within the graafian follicles. r. cap’sule articula’ris cox’, one of the longitudinal folds of the cervical portion of the capsular ligament of the hip. r. cu’tis. 1. One of the bands of connective ti ue attaching the corium to the subcutaneous ti ue. 2. One of the folds of skin around a joint. r. of the ileocecal valve, a ridge on the internal surface of the cecum at either end of the opening of the ileocecal valve. r. ligamen’ti arcua’ti, a short external lateral ligament of the knee-joint. r.- morgag’ni, a ridge formed by the coming together of segments of the ileocecal valve. Called also r. of ileocecal valve. Yr. peroneo’rum infe’rius, a band acro the peroneal tendons on the outside of the calcaneum. Yr. peroneo’rum supe’rius, the external annular ligament of the ankle. r. ten’dinum, an annular ligament of the ankle or wrist. Weitbrecht’s r., any one of a set of ligaments attached to the great tro- chanter.