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(lin’e-ah), pl. lin’ez. Latin for line. 1. al’ba [L. ‘white line, the tendinous mesial line down the front of the abdomen, giving attachment to the oblique and transverse abdominal muscles. 1. al’ba cervica’lis, the middle line of the neck where the fascial sheaths of the sternothyroid and = sternohyoid muscles blend. — 1. albican’'tes, the white abdominal lines seen after pregnancy. 1, arcua’ta, the iliopectineal line. 1. aspera, a rough longitudinal line on the dorsum of the femur. 1. hepat’ica, a palmar line which takes a vertical course acro the line a cephalic a and line a neural is. 1. mensa’lis, the lines on the palm of the hand caused by the flexion of the middle, ring-, and little fingers. 1. ni’gra, the pigmented line which frequently forms during pregnancy on the abdomen. extending upward from the pubes in the median line. 1. quadra’ti, a line on the femur which marks the insertion of the quadratus femoris. 1. semicircula’ris, Douglas’ semilunar fold. See under fold. 1. semiluna’res,: p:ir of curved lines, one on cither side of the line a alba. 1. spige’lii, the outer border of the aponeurosis of the transversal is muscle. 1. splen’dens, a fibrous band down the anterior surface of the pia mater of the spinal cord. tempora'lis, a line on the temporal bone marking the boundary that separates the squamous from the mastoid portion. 1. transver’se, the transverse tendinous lines on the abdomen connecting the line a alba and the line semi luna res. 1. vita’lis, the line of life: a palmar line curving around the base of the thumb.