单词 | caudal ramus |
释义 | > as lemmascaudal ramus 3. Zoology. Any of various structures in invertebrates that have the form of a projecting arm; spec. (a) (in the mastax of a rotifer) either of the two articulated parts of the incus that are attached to the fulcrum; (b) (in crustaceans) a branch of a biramous appendage; (c) (more fully caudal ramus) (in some crustaceans) either of a pair of processes projecting backwards from the posterior part of the abdomen. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Rotifera > [noun] > member of > mouth apparatus > parts of ramus1849 fulcrum1855 incus1877 1849 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 139 332 Each ramus of the jaw is jointed on a short arm..; and each short arm has a curved and strong process. 1882 Amer. Naturalist 16 640 The legs are all bi-ramose, the inner ramus of the fifth pair resembling the same appendage of the other legs. 1886 C. T. Hudson Rotifera I. 118 The trophi consist mainly of two ribbed rami, attached to a long narrow plate (the fulcrum). 1932 L. A. Borradaile & F. A. Potts Invertebrata xii. 303 On the telson [of Crustacea] usually..is a pair of caudal rami forming the caudal furca. 1972 M. S. Gardiner Biol. Invertebr. vii. 236/2 The wall [of the mastax]..is extended into seven firm, sclerotized pieces, the trophi, moved by small individual muscles. These pieces are a single median fulcrum and three pairs of lateral ones, two rami, two unci, and two manubria. 1987 R. D. Barnes Invertebr. Zool. (ed. 5) xiv. 593/1 Usually, each ramus of the sixth abdominal appendages (uropods) is composed of a large flattened piece..which is most frequently used in escape swimming. < as lemmas |
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