rima (re'mah)

A fi ure, cleft, chink, crack, rift. r. ad infundibulum. The anterior opening of the third ventricle of the brain, r. cerebri trans vers a. The transverse fi ure of the brain, r. clunium. See cleft of the nates, under cleft, r. glottidis. The cleft between the true vocal bands, r. glute a. See cleft of the nates, under cleft, r. helicis. An anomalous fi ure in the lower anterior portion of the helix, r. laryngis. See r. glottidis. r. or is. The line of junction of the lips. r. palpebra rum. See palpebral fi ure, under fi ure, r. pudendi. See cleft of the vulva, under cleft, r. pudendi connivens. The cleft between the labia major a when they entirely conceal the nymphae. r. trans vers a. Syn.: choroidal fold, -fi ure of Bichat. See transverse fi ure of the brain, under fi ure. r. ventriculi laryngis. The opening of the ventricles of the larynx, r. vocal is. See r. glottidis. r. vulvae. See cleft of the vulva, under cleft. [Lat., rima, a slit.]