galea
1
9.9
- noun
- /ɡəˈliːə/
- Specialized
- Electrocautery is used to create short rents in the posterior galea; blunt separation to the intervening tissue is then performed to minimize injury to more superficial nerves and vessels.
Examples
-
At present, Grima is part of a core group, along with Katya Stroud, a young archaeologist specializing in conservation and management of the temple sites, and Mario Galea, an experienced conservator, that relies on specialists and university and government colleagues.
Academic text (2004) -
The galea is an important structure in certain flowers, including Aconitum, where it resembles a helmet-shaped petal.
-
Sure Fine Norm knows the Galea like the back of his hand
-
Amatus is also quite vague, using the terms catti, naves, and galea: Amatus, V.13-15.
Academic text (2010) -
After completion of the posterior dissection, the galea is scored perpendicular to the long axis to improve tissue recruitment (Figure 3).
Academic text (2012) -
Figure 3: Scoring of the galea perpendicular to the vertical axis facilitates superficial advancement toward the defect.
Academic text (2012) -
After extensive mobilization, advancement of the galea effectively offloads tension on the more superficial layers of the skin to improve cosmetic appearance.
Academic text (2012) -
A dual-plane dissection carried out both superficially and deeply to the galea is essential to both the functional and aesthetic appearance of the wound (Figure 2).
Academic text (2012) -
The lesions as a whole enhance markedly after administration of gadolinium, although some areas within the lesion do not enhance well; the surrounding dura, galea, and muscle might also enhance.
Academic text (2002) -
The evidence is now overwhelming that these results have been replicated over and over again in many people around the world, and I have more confidence than ever in asserting that the "Maliniak Method, with its two-factored theory of the true cause of hair loss and MPB, and how it is all triggered by the first factor of a tight galea, is absolutely and finally the proper explanation of the whole hair loss syndrome."
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
4
1.0
A soft, usually bright part of a flower
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word galea comes from the Latin galea, which means 'helmet'. In biology it names a helmet-shaped petal or part of an insect, so think of it as a small 'helmet' that protects the flower's or insect's inner parts.