Noun(1) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms(2) a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking(3) membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth(4) represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap(5) membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth(6) represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap(7) a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking [also: vela (pl)]
Noun(1) a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms(2) a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking(3) membrane of the young sporophore of various mushrooms extending from the margin of the cap to the stem and is ruptured by growth(4) represented in mature mushroom by an annulus around the stem and sometimes a cortina on the margin of the cap(5) membrane initially completely investing the young sporophore of various mushrooms that is ruptured by growth(6) represented in the mature mushroom by a volva around lower part of stem and scales on upper surface of the cap(7) a muscular flap that closes off the nasopharynx during swallowing or speaking [also: vela (pl)]
(1) Its multispiral, heavily sculptured, darkly colored shell, plus its large four-lobed velum , point to a different type of snail, one of the neogastropods.(2) For u2018mouth breathingu2019 protocols, patients were instructed with a technique aimed at achieving velum closure of the nasopharynx and asked to practice it prior to testing.(3) This technique allows for closure of the velum , thus excluding nasal NO contamination during expiration.(4) Free-living medusoid hydrozoans can be hard to tell from scyphozoans, but hydrozoan medusae generally have a muscular shelf, or velum , projecting inward from the margin of the bell.(5) The back of the tongue lies opposite the soft palate or velum when the tongue is in a state of rest, and sounds made with the back include velar consonants and back vowels.(6) Scyphozoan medusae differ from those of hydrozoans in lacking a velum .(7) Adult heteromorphs show wide velum; the velum in tecnomorphs is narrower.(8) This fact, together with the fragility of the velum , may cause problems for identification of growth stage and sex of the particular specimen.
