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Raphe ( /ˈreɪfi/ RAY-fee; from Ancient Greek: ῥαφή, romanized: rhaphḗ, lit. 'seam'; [1] pl.: raphae or raphes) has several different meanings in science.
In botany and planktology, it is commonly used when describing a seam or ridge on diatoms or seeds.
In animal anatomy, it is used to describe a ridged union [2] of continuous biological tissue. There are several different significant anatomical raphes:
In teratology, a malformation or congenital disorder involving a raphe, such as spina bifida, is known as a dysraphism.
![]() | The present page holds the title of a
primary topic, and an article needs to be written about it. It is believed to qualify as a
broad-concept article. It may be written directly at this page or
drafted elsewhere and then moved to this title. Related titles should be described in Raphe, while unrelated titles should be moved to
Raphe (disambiguation). | ![]() |
Raphe ( /ˈreɪfi/ RAY-fee; from Ancient Greek: ῥαφή, romanized: rhaphḗ, lit. 'seam'; [1] pl.: raphae or raphes) has several different meanings in science.
In botany and planktology, it is commonly used when describing a seam or ridge on diatoms or seeds.
In animal anatomy, it is used to describe a ridged union [2] of continuous biological tissue. There are several different significant anatomical raphes:
In teratology, a malformation or congenital disorder involving a raphe, such as spina bifida, is known as a dysraphism.