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What is a carina?

What is a carina? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.
  2. (botany) Part of a papilionaceous flower consisting of two petals, commonly united, which encloses the organs of fructification.
  3. (zoology) The keel of the breastbone of birds.
  4. (anatomy) Any of several features that have a projecting central ridge
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The trachea, carina, right and left lobar and segmental bronchi were examined and were normal.
Now, as a parent herself, carina marvels at the sacrifices her own mother and father made.
Bronchoscopy revealed a normal distal trachea, carina and right mainstem bronchus.
The extent and prominence of the carinae, the carina on the central node, reticulation, and posterior node are characteristic of the species.
The trunnions and all the operational machinery are housed within the superstructure of the carina piers.
The posterior node is prominent in early stages, and bears a distinct, short carina.

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