POSTERIOR ANNULARIS
\pɒstˈi͡əɹɪəɹ ɐnjˈʊlɑːɹˌɪs], \pɒstˈiəɹɪəɹ ɐnjˈʊlɑːɹˌɪs], \p_ɒ_s_t_ˈiə_ɹ_ɪ__ə_ɹ ɐ_n_j_ˈʊ_l_ɑː_ɹ_ˌɪ_s]\
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An external, interosseous muscle, which arises from the corresponding sides of the metacarpal bones of the ring-finger and little finger, and is inserted into the inside of the tendon on the back of the ring-finger. Its use is to draw the ring-finger inwards.
By Robley Dunglison
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).