(n.) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
(n.) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.
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Tergum
Definition:
(n.) The back of an animal.
(n.) The dorsal piece of a somite of an articulate animal.
(n.) One of the dorsal plates of the operculum of a cirriped.
Example Sentences:
(1) Unciform sclerotization of tergum VIII (or the place of connection between tergum VIII and its internal lobe) resembles an arc.
(2) Among 6,003 specimens, no individuals had pale-scales continuing from the tergal base to its apex on the third tergum and posteriorly.
(3) The flexible and complex skeletal structure of the tergum shows some marked similarities to the structure of lamellar bone.
(4) The front margin of the internal lobe of tergum VIII is not sclerotized.
(5) A detailed study of the hierarchical organization of one of the two shell plate types, the tergum, reveals a remarkably complex structure.
(6) Although this is undoubtably a product of convergent evolution, the iblid tergum provides a unique perspective on bone structure, which was heretofore unavailable.
(7) It seemed of interest to introduce an in vivo model in which one animal is punctured at tergum III in order to gain 1 microliter hemolymph using a glass capillary tube .