(n.) The bony, cartilaginous, or other internal framework of an animal, as distinguished from the exoskeleton.
Example Sentences:
(1) The separate developmental origin of the exo- and endoskeletons.
(2) Fractionation of pluteus stage embryos demonstrates that the protein is localized primarily with cells that form the syncytium of primary mesenchyme that elaborates the larval endoskeleton; furthermore, immunofluorescence localizes the epitope to the periphery of the endoskeleton in situ.
(3) At present the detailed mechanism for transmembrane interactions is not known and a protein linked to the endoskeleton as well as to the exoskeleton has not been described as yet.
(4) Sensitivity was dependent on body composition (i.e., exo- vs. endoskeleton), trophic level, and life stage.
(5) The heavy chain is known to bind strongly to the endoskeleton protein actin.
(6) Prolyl hydroxylation of cartilaginous endoskeleton showed an approximately 25% decrease at 20 degrees C.
(7) The durability and function of three ankle-foot prostheses fabricated using a naturally articulated, fresh cadaveric human bone endoskeleton set in a fiber reinforced rubber shell were studied.
(8) The implants were dome shaped and did not have a metal endoskeleton.
(9) The endoskeleton foot compared favorably with the Jaipur ankle-foot prosthesis.
(10) It is suggested that the sarcoplasmic reticulum may be a part of the "endoskeleton" of the cell and may play a role in maintaining the shape and location of the nucleus.
(11) Calcified cartilage as a tissue type in the endoskeleton of sharks is a primitive vertebrate characteristic.
(12) This report describes the construction and evaluation of an ankle-foot prosthesis using human cadaveric bones as the endoskeleton inside a fiber-reinforced vulcanized rubber shell.
Exoskeleton
Definition:
(n.) The hardened parts of the external integument of an animal, including hair, feathers, nails, horns, scales, etc.,as well as the armor of armadillos and many reptiles, and the shells or hardened integument of numerous invertebrates; external skeleton; dermoskeleton.
Example Sentences:
(1) King crabs (Family Lithodidae) are among the world's largest arthropods, having a crab-like morphology and a strongly calcified exoskeleton.
(2) "It confirms our prediction that we are going to elicit a sensation that the exoskeleton is an extension of their body," Nicolelis said.
(3) These principles may look tricksy or artificial when described rather than experienced but are not, says Catton, an "exoskeleton" – rather they are entirely bound up with the ideas of the book.
(4) In view of the small molecular size and high lipid solubility of methyl mercury and the lipophilic properties of the chitin-protein exoskeleton of the lobster, it is likely that significant uptake directly from the water as well as storage of absorbed methyl mercury occurred in the tail region.
(5) Freed of the need to wave their tentacles around to hunt for food, the coral can devote more energy to secreting the mineral calcium carbonate, from which they form a stony exoskeleton.
(6) The exoskeleton is fitted with multiple gyros to stop it falling over during the balancing act of bipedal walking.
(7) Replicas of porous hydroxyapatite that had been obtained after hydrothermal conversion of the calcium carbonate exoskeleton of coral (genus Goniopora) were implanted intramuscularly in twenty-four adult male baboons (Papio ursinus).
(8) Wild P. monodon exoskeleton contained on average 26.3 ppm total carotenoid; normally pigmented farmed shrimp had a similar concentration (25.3 ppm).
(9) Trace metals associated with insects can be both bound on the surface of their chitinous exoskeleton and incorporated into body tissues.
(10) Yet Ekso is notable not only for its technology and the price tag (£100,000 for the exoskeleton which it hopes to lower to £50,000 within the next two years), but its ambitious plans.
(11) The robotics work was coordinated by Gordon Cheng at the Technical University in Munich, and French researchers built the exoskeleton.
(12) Spores of T. cylindrosporum are able to adhere to the exoskeleton and penetrate it.
(13) Solubilization of the exoskeleton occurs around an area of the elaborately infolded surface membrane at the anterior of the organism.
(14) If the sight of Robert Downey Jr summoning his Iron Man accessories from across a room gave you a taste for having your own powered exoskeleton, your wish may soon be granted.
(15) Soldiers wearing bionic exoskeletons leap over trucks, firing bizarre “directed energy” weapons that send out fatal force waves.
(16) In an age when Tony Stark's exoskeleton tops the box-office charts in Avengers Assemble, and Pistorius competes in both the Olympics and Paralympics, Ekso thinks there's a demand for robotic suits that not only aid disabled people, but enhance the abilities of everyone.
(17) Two bursts of exoskeleton hardening and growth of the poison gland apparatus corresponds with a transitional period in the behavioral development of workers and finally with their development into nest defenders and foragers.
(18) We realized however, that these studies may not have fully appreciated the structure of the insect exoskeleton.
(19) But this is just one of the stories emerging: see also 3Ders' piece on a four-year old called Hannah , with a condition called arthrogryposis that limits her ability to lift her arms unaided, but who now has a Wilmington Robotic Exoskeleton (WREX for short) to help, made using 3D printing.
(20) Campaniform sensilla are proprioceptive mechanoreceptors associated with the exoskeleton.