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Definition of Pallial sinus

Pallial sinus
Sinus Si"nus, n.; pl. L. Sinus, E. Sinuses. [L., a bent surface, a curve, the folds or bosom of a garment, etc., a bay. Cf. Sine, n.] 1. An opening; a hollow; a bending. 2. A bay of the sea; a recess in the shore. 3. (Anat. & Zo["o]l.) A cavity; a depression. Specifically: (a) A cavity in a bone or other part, either closed or with a narrow opening. (b) A dilated vessel or canal. 4. (Med.) A narrow, elongated cavity, in which pus is collected; an elongated abscess with only a small orifice. 5. (Bot.) A depression between adjoining lobes. Note: A sinus may be rounded, as in the leaf of the white oak, or acute, as in that of the red maple. Pallial sinus. (Zo["o]l.) See under Pallial. Sinus venosus. [L., venous dilatation.] (Anat.) (a) The main part of the cavity of the right auricle of the heart in the higher vertebrates. (b) In the lower vertebrates, a distinct chamber of the heart formed by the union of the large systematic veins and opening into the auricle.
Pallial sinus
Pallial Pal"li*al, a. [L. pallium a mantle. See Pall.] (Zo["o]l.) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber (Zo["o]l.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. Pallial sinus (Zo["o]l.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve.

Meaning of Pallial sinus from wikipedia

- The pallial sinus is an indentation or inward bending in the pallial line on the interior of a bivalve mollusk s****'s valves that corresponds to the position...
- species. Bivalves that can withdraw the siphons into the s**** have a "pallial sinus", a sort of pocket, into which the siphons can fit when they are withdrawn...
- than the hard clam, usually has a black periostra****, and there is no pallial sinus in the interior of the s****. The hard clam has many alternative common...
- ear-shaped protrusions near the hinge line) and scallop s**** lack a pallial sinus. Behaviorally, ****les live buried in sediment, whereas scallops either...
- indicated on the interior of the s**** surface as a pallial sinus, an indentation in the pallial line. In addition, the water flows through incurrent...
- are able to make out the impression of the pallial sinus on the internal face of the valve: the pallial sinus, which is quite deep and prominent in this...
- radial ribs, which are wider on the posterior half, and a wide and deep pallial sinus, which extends up to half of the s**** length or is slightly deeper...
- the other expelled. The siphons retract into a cavity, known as the pallial sinus. The s**** grows larger when more material is secreted by the mantle...
- characterized by thin s****, with flattened ribs and usually rather deep pallial sinus. The four extant species are found in fresh- and brackish-water lakes...
- centre and posterior in right are bifid. The pallial line and adductor scars are distinct. The pallial sinus is U-shaped, not extending beyond the midline...