RAPHE (raphae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: raphae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does raphe mean? 

• RAPHE (noun)
  The noun RAPHE has 1 sense:

1. a ridge that forms a seam between two parts

  Familiarity information: RAPHE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAPHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ridge that forms a seam between two parts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

raphe; rhaphe

Hypernyms ("raphe" is a kind of...):

ridge (any long raised strip)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "raphe"):

palatine raphe (the seam at the middle of the hard palate)

Holonyms ("raphe" is a part of...):

scrotum (the external pouch that contains the testes)

 Context examples 

A muscle originating from the outer sides of the thyroid and cricoid cartilages that is inserted into the pharyngeal raphe in the posterior portion of the wall of the pharynx and is innervated by the pharyngeal plexus.

(Cricopharyngeus Muscle, NCI Thesaurus)