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Suspensory

suspensory

1. Suspended; hanging; depending.

2. Fitted or serving to suspend; suspending; as, a suspensory muscle.

3. (Science: anatomy) Of or pertaining to a suspensorium.

(Science: medicine) That which suspends, or holds up, as a truss; specifically .

A bandage or bag for supporting the scrotum.

Origin: Cf. F. Suspensoir, suspensoire.


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last question-eye lens

hi guyz please will someone help me....i know it's a stupid question... is the eye lens connected to the ciliary muscle or suspensory ligament? i have done some research on it....any quite a few of them show different result! thanks a lot....x

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by chenglorraine
Wed May 31, 2006 6:06 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: last question-eye lens
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