Lamella

Lamella (: lamellae) means a small plate or flake in Latin, and in English may refer to:

==Biology== Lamella (mycology), a papery rib beneath a mushroom cap Lamella (botany) Lamella (surface anatomy), a plate-like structure in an animal Lamella of osteon, the concentric circles around the central Haversian canals Lamella (cell biology): (i) part of a chloroplast (thin extension of thylakoid joining different grana) (ii) the leading edge of motile cells, containing the lamellipodia Lamella (crab), a group of land crabs in the family Gecarcinucidae Uroleptus lamella, a species of protozoans Middle lamella, a pectin layer which cements the cell walls of two adjoining plant cells together Lamellae, element of molar teeth in members of Elephantidae