any fine network, esp one in the body composed of cells, fibres, etc
2.
the second compartment of the stomach of ruminants, situated between the rumen and psalterium
Word origin
C17: from Latin: little net, from rēte net
Examples of 'reticula' in a sentence
reticula
Some endoplasmic reticula were sometimes observed in ramiform profiles.
Eizo Maeda, Hiroshi Miyake, Keiichi Tomaru 1999, 'Ultrastructure of Mesophyll Glands Secreting the Aromatic Substances in PatchouliLeaves', Plant Production Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.2.213. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Rough endoplasmic reticula with abundant ribosomes were observed.
Zhaohui H. Xie, Ping Gan 2013, 'Nucleolus-like bodies in the pineal gland of the adult yak (Bos grunniens)',Journal of the South African Veterinary Associationhttps://jsava.co.za/index.php/jsava/article/view/68. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
There were also numerous granules of starch and plastoglobules in plastids, a great amount of mitochondria and smooth-surfaced endoplasmic reticula.
Małgorzata Stpiczyńska 2014, 'Anatomy and ultrastructure of osmophores of Cymbidium tracyanum Rolfe (Orchidaceae)',Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/1122. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)