Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
apodema .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun anatomy An
ingrowth of thearthropod exoskeleton , serving as anattachment site formuscles .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles
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Examples
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Endosternite: that part of the apodeme arising from the intersternal membrane.
Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith
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Muscle 48 is a large muscle that inserts broadly on the horizontal apodeme of the propectus.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Subunit 42a runs horizontal and attaches to the horizontal apodeme of the propectus.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Muscles 46 and 47 diverge from a common tendon that inserts on the cervical apodeme of the propectus.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Each propectus is a section of cuticle containing a number of infoldings and protrusions, including the sternal (ventral) plate, pleural (lateral) plate, horizontal apodeme, cervical apodeme and pleural apophysis
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Muscle 43 inserts just lateral of the supraforaminal apodeme of the head (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Both subunits connect the cervical apodeme of the propectus to the supraneural apodeme of the endosternum (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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Anteriorly they are divided by a dense, forward projecting branch of IN1, posteriorly they are divided by the supraneural apodeme-51a attaching to the dorsal surface of the apodeme and 52b to the ventral surface (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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A forward projecting branch of IN1 runs directly into the cervical apodeme of the propectus (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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A large muscle composed of three branches that converge anteriorly to a common tendon that inserts on the tip of the supraforaminal apodeme of the head (
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Richard P. Berry et al. 2010
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