What's the difference between bipinnate and paripinnate?

Bipinnate


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Bipinnated

Example Sentences:

  • (1) M. adductor mandibulae externus and M. pterygoideus form muscle-complexes with the predominance of bipinnate and multipinnate arrangements of fibres and with occasional joining fibres between their components.
  • (2) Thalamic vessels are muscular arterioles that, after three to four bipinnate branches, feed into a continuous capillary bed (no loops).

Paripinnate


Definition:

  • (a.) Pinnate with an equal number of leaflets on each side; having no odd leaflet at the end.

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