See Also: FILUM AQUAE(law)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
AQUAE DUCTUS, civil law(law)
AQUAE HAUSTUS, civil law(law)
AQUAE IMMITTENDAE, Civil law(law)
Aquae Sulis Hotel(tourism)
Filum(medicine)
FILUM(law)
FILUM VIAE(law)
terminal filum(medicine)

Gracilis (medicine) and FILUM AQUAE (law)


Gracilis (medicine)


gracilis
<anatomy, muscle> Origin, ramus of pubis near symphysis; insertion, shaft of tibia below medial tuberosity (see pes anserinus); action, adducts thigh, flexes knee, rotates leg medially; nerve supply, obturator.

Synonym: musculus gracilis, gracilis.


FILUM AQUAE (law)


FILUM AQUAE. The thread or middle of a water course. (q.v.) 2. It is a General rule, that in grants of lands bounded on rivers and 2. It is a General rule, that in grants of lands bounded on rivers and streams above tide water, unless otherwise expressed, the grant extends streams above tide water, unless otherwise expressed, the grant extends usque ad filum aquae, and that not only the banks, but the bed of the river, usque ad filum aquae, and that not only the banks, but the bed of the river, and the islands therein, together with exclusive right of fishing, pass to and the islands therein, together with exclusive right of fishing, pass to the grantee. 5 Wend. 423. the grantee. 5 Wend. 423.