apodeme

apodeme
A cuticular, usually calcified invagination upon which muscles insert and which, itself, inserts by means of tough flexible cuticle onto that part of the skeleton which is moved by its muscles (Figs. 12, 13) [Warner, 1977].
Any cuticular ingrowth of body wall [Williams, 1984].
Infold of exoskeleton for attachment of muscles [McLaughlin, 1980].
Infold of exoskeleton serving for attachment of muscles [Moore and McCormick, 1969].
(Order Decapoda):
Any one of numerous infolds of exoskeleton serving for attachment of muscles (e.g., head apodeme). May be highly developed as endopleurites and endosternites to form endoskeleton [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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  • Apodeme — Ap o*deme, n. [Pref. apo + Gr. ? body.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea. [1913 Webster] || …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • apodeme — apodemal /euh pod euh meuhl/, apodematal /ap euh dem euh tl/, adj. /ap euh deem /, n. a ridgelike ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports the internal organs and provides the attachment points for the muscles. [1850 55; < NL… …   Universalium

  • apodeme — noun An ingrowth of the arthropod exoskeleton, serving as an attachment site for muscles …   Wiktionary

  • apodeme — ap·o·deme …   English syllables

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  • capitular apodeme — (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) In Acari, an apodeme separating the cheliceral frame and the infracapitulum …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • head apodeme — Fused endopleurite and endosternite forming place for muscle attachment at anterior end of skeleton in Astacidea [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Fused endopleurite and endosternite forming place for muscle attachment at anterior end of skeleton… …   Crustacea glossary

  • head apodeme — (ARTHROPODA: Crustacea) In crayfish, fused endopleurite and endosternite forming an area for muscle attachment at the anterior end of the skeleton …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

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