vibratory plate — (Class Ostracoda): Branchial plate [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Class Ostracoda): Flat plate (with marginal setae) located proximally and laterally on limb (an epipod in Myodocopa, but podocopan homologies uncertain); used to circulate water. (Syn.… … Crustacea glossary
gill plate — (Order Cumacea): In first pair of maxillipeds, plate like structure on posteriorly directed part of epipod. Located in branchial chamber; bears series of branchial lobules [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
epipod — ( ) [Holthuis, 1993]. Schematic drawing of a thoracic leg. [Holthuis, 1993] A lateral extension from the base of an appendage (Fig. 2) [Warner, 1977]. A respiratory endite arising from the coxal segment of a pereiopod [Ingle, 1983]. A small… … Crustacea glossary
Errivaspis — Taxobox name = Errivaspis fossil range = Early Devonian regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Heterostraci familia = Pteraspidae genus = Errivaspis Errivaspis is an extinct genus of pteraspid heterostracan that lived in the Early Devonian … Wikipedia
exopod — See: exopodite [Martin, 2005]. ( ) [Holthuis, 1993]. Schematic drawing of a thoracic leg. [Holthuis, 1993] Lateral of two rami arising from the protopod and constituting the biramous limb [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Lateral ramus of a biramus… … Crustacea glossary
branchia — Gills, usually thoracic [Poore, 2004]. Respiratory organ (gill) associated with an appendage or with the body wall. (Pl. branchiae) [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]. Thin walled finger like or leaf like structure extending outward from limb or… … Crustacea glossary
thoracopod — (Syn. thoracopodite) [Martin, 2005]. An appendage of the thorax [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Appendage of any thoracic somite; see thoracic appendage, phyllopod, maxilliped, pereopod. (Syn. cormopod) [McLaughlin, 1980]. Limb attached to any… … Crustacea glossary
human embryology — ▪ biology Introduction the process encompassing the period from the formation of an embryo, through the development of a fetus, to birth. The human body, like that of most animals, develops from a single cell produced by the union of… … Universalium
muscle — muscleless, adj. muscly, adj. /mus euhl/, n., v., muscled, muscling, adj. n. 1. a tissue composed of cells or fibers, the contraction of which produces movement in the body. 2. an organ, composed of muscle tissue, that contracts to produce a… … Universalium
Cartilage — Firm, rubbery tissue that cushions bones at joints. A more flexible kind of cartilage connects muscles with bones and makes up other parts of the body, such as the larynx and the outside parts of the ears. * * * A connective tissue characterized… … Medical dictionary
