English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of Retinaculum

retinaculum

/ उपबंधनी

English Dictionary:

1. Retinaculum

[n.]

- A connecting band; a fraenum; as, the retinacula of the ileocaecal and ileocolic valves.
- One of the annular ligaments which hold the tendons close to the bones at the larger joints, as at the wrist and ankle.
- One of the retractor muscles of the proboscis of certain worms.
- A small gland or process to which bodies are attached; as, the glandular retinacula to which the pollinia of orchids are attached, or the hooks which support the seeds in many acanthaceous plants.