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Papilla

noun
(pl. papillae)
1.
(botany) a tiny outgrowth on the surface of a petal or leaf.
2.
A small nipple-shaped protuberance concerned with taste, touch, or smell.
3.
A small projection of tissue at the base of a hair or tooth or feather.



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... transverse pleats called valvulae conniventes (see fig. 3); these begin about an inch from the pylorus and gradually fade away as the ileum is reached. About 4 in. from the pylorus the common bile and pancreatic ducts form a papilla, above which one of the valvulae conniventes makes a hood and below which a vertical fold, the frenulum, runs downward. The surface of the mucous membrane of the whole of the small intestine has a velvety appearance, ...
— Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia


Words linked to "Papilla" :   botany, sense organ, appendage, sensory receptor, outgrowth, papillary, process, phytology, receptor


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