(a.) Of or pertaining to back, or tergum. See Dorsal.
Example Sentences:
(1) All neurones of the anterior cluster possess bilaterally projecting axons which leave the ganglion through nerve 2 (= sternal nerve) or nerve 1 (= tergal nerve).
(2) Two other characters of tergal chaetotaxy, of probable taxonomic potential, are also described.
(3) It is found only in the asynchronous muscle and in the large cells of the jump muscle (tergal depressor of the trochanter).
(4) This paper emphasizes the need for behavioral and biochemical studies to elucidate the biological significance of cockroach tergal glands.
(5) Among 6,003 specimens, no individuals had pale-scales continuing from the tergal base to its apex on the third tergum and posteriorly.
(6) Abdominal tergal scale pattern variations of Aedes aegypti were studied in Chiang Mai, northern Thailand for specimens reared from eggs laid in ovitraps set monthly both indoors and outdoors in urban and rural areas.
(7) The cohort is still young, however, and a continued follow up is likely to yield important information about the potential hazards associated with the nylon and tergal polymer industry.
(8) The tergal gland of the adult male Leucophaea maderea is a tegumentary specialization of the second abdominal segment.
(9) In this study, in situ hybridization analysis has been used to examine the complexity and muscle specificity of MHC isoform expression in the fibrillar indirect flight muscle (IFM), the tubular direct flight muscles (DFM) and tubular tergal depressor of the trochanter muscle (TDT), and the visceral esophageal muscle in the adult thorax.
(10) have erect abdominal tergal setae normally characteristic of Phlebotomus; some Sergentomyia spp.
(11) It was suggested that the number of tergal spots could not be used as a marker for reproductively isolated populations, and that analysis of the compound present within the spots might be necessary to characterize potentially good vector populations.
(12) Deposit plates, anodized aluminium, glazed earthenware plates, and polystyren, glass, "Tergal" cloth plates were used in 8 urban sites and 1 extra-urban site during 1 to 3 months.
(13) Previous gas-chromatographic (GC) analyses of tergal gland extracts of Lu.
(14) The chemistry of the secretions produced by tergal glands is unknown for most species.
(15) maculatus collected throughout Thailand from north to south were examined morphologically with respect to adult tergal pale scales.
(16) The chemical composition of the compounds contained in the tergal spots of Lutzomyia longipalpis was investigated.
(17) The wingless virgin females of the ponerine ant Rhytidoponera metallica attract males by the release of a pheromone from the tergal gland, a hitherto unrecognized exocrine gland located between the last two abdominal segments.
(18) Here we describe the mechanics of two different wild-type muscles; the dorsal longitudinal flight muscle which is asynchronous (nerve impulses are not synchronised with each contraction), and a leg muscle, the tergal depressor of the trochanter, which is synchronous.
(19) In each of the first six abdominal ganglia of both sexes, two DUM neurones, one with axons in the tergal nerve and one with axons in the sternal nerve, were found.
(20) Species which do not have distinctive tergal modifications may have concentrations of microscopic pores or openings associated with glandular cells on certain segments.
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 .