Definition of coxa in English:
coxa
nounPlural coxae ˈkɒksəˈkɑksə
1Anatomy
The hip bone or hip joint.
Example sentencesExamples
- The hip bone or os coxae is not subject to great variation.
- The acetabulum is a hemispherical socket formed in the os coxae of a newborn.
- These are the trochanter, which acts as a swivel joint for the leg, and the coxa, which anchors the leg to the body.
- This allows the attachment of powerful muscles that might have provided the coxae with a strong rolling ability.
2Entomology
The first or basal segment of the leg of an insect.
Example sentencesExamples
- Burke interpreted the ventral sclerite as being solely comprised of the sternite fused with the coxae.
- First the skin tears under the carapace just above the coxae of the legs.
- Offspring from each female were measured from the rostrum to the end of the last large coxa.
- I assume that in lichids the coxae were spinose, and that their movements carried food particles forward along the midline.
- The leg of the latter has few segments: coxa, basis, and perhaps four endopod segments.
Derivatives
adjective
The space between the inguinal ligament and the coxal bone is divided by the iliopectineal arch.
Example sentencesExamples
- Each coxal bone forms with the fusion of three bones.
- The sacrum, coccyx, and the two coxal bones form the pelvis.
- Such particles were further comminuted between the coxal spines and ridges.
- Conversely, coxal glands of many chelicerates have substantial similarities with this organ.
Origin
Late 17th century: from Latin, 'hip'.