Crossword clues for squama
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Squama \Squa"ma\ (skw[=a]"m[.a]), n.; pl. Squam[ae] (-m[=e]). [L. a scale.] (Med.) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred consisting of epithelium.
Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) A scale cast off from the skin; a thin dry shred of epithelium.
WordNet
n. a protective structure resembling a scale
[also: squamae (pl)]
Wikipedia
Squama (or squamous, squame) refers to a structure shaped like a decumbent scale of a fish.
More specifically, it can refer to:
- Squama frontalis
- Squama occipitalis
- Squama temporalis, the squamous portion of the temporal bone
- Squamous cell
In Crustacea, it can refer to the scaphocerite, a scale-like, flattened exopod of the antenna.
In the Bivalvia, it refers to a thin, long, concentric imbrication.
Squamous epithelium refers to epithelium, e.g. the skin, composed of squamous cells.
See also:
- Desquamation
Usage examples of "squama".
Persian cavalry, thousands of identical white Arabian stallions, prancing and snorting, their proud riders sitting erect and motionless, wearing pointed bronze helmets and chain mail that glittered in the sun like the squamae of fish.
Baker contracted small-pox, and his skin was temporarily freed from the squamae, but these reappeared shortly afterward.
Whether they're of the order crocodilia, suborder of their own, or whether they're of the order squamata, suborder lacertilia, family neopoda&mdash.