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APODEME [2 records]

Record 1 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Crustaceans
DEF

[A] process for attachment of muscles or ligaments, formed by inbending or thickening of [the] dorsal exoskeleton on [the] internal side of a [trilobite] tergite ...

CONT

Endoskeleton processes from the exoskeleton may extend into the interior. These are apodemes; they provide mechanically advantageous sites for muscle insertions. Together they form an extensive endoskeleton.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Crustacés
DEF

Excroissance servant de zone d'insertion à un muscle.

CONT

Dans la «rainure» qui sépare chaque anneau de son genou articulaire, on observe fréquemment une paire de profondes invaginations, les «appendifères», qui devaient servir d'apodèmes aux muscles des appendices [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Paleontología
  • Crustáceos
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Record 2 2003-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
  • Animal Biology
DEF

Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
  • Biologie animale
CONT

[La carapace d'un Arthropode présente] des replis internes (apodèmes) servant de points d'insertion aux muscles moteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Crustáceos
  • Biología animal
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