Raphe

(raff-d). 1. Any line, suture, ridge, or crease having the appearance of a seam. It is applied especially to the median line of the body. 2. A ridge or cord; the continuation of the seeds talk, extending from the hilum to the chalaza along the side of an anatropous or an amphitropous ovule or seed. R., Exterior, the stria longitudinal is medial is. R. inferior corp or is callosi, the raphe on the inferior surface of the corpus callosum. R. palati duri. Same as R. palatine. R., Palatine, the narrow ridge of mucosa in the mesial line of the palate. R. of the Penis, a continuation of the raphe of the scrotum upon the penis. R., Perineal, the ridge of skin in the middle line of the perineum. R. of the Pharynx, a fibrous band in the median line of the posterior wall of the pharynx. R. post-oblong at a, the posterior median fi ure of the medulla oblon R. of the Scrotum, a median ridge dividing thi turn into two lateral halves; it is continuous, riorly,with the raphe of the perineum, anteriorly with the raphe of the penis. The septum of the medulla oblong at a, of Stilling. R. superior corp or is callosi, the longitudinal raphe in the middle of the superior surface of the corpus callosum. R. of the Tongue, a median furrow on the dorsal surface of the tongue corresponding to the fibrous septum which divides it into symmetric halves.