tergum
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Origin of tergum
1820–30; < Latin: the back
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In each segment Audouin distinguished a fixed number of hard chitinous parts, the dorsal tergum, the ventral sternum, the lateral "flanc" of three pieces, all to be recognised by their positions 086relative to one another.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Somite of a Lobster, separated and viewed from in front. t, tergum; s, sternum; pl, pleuron.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various
The tergum, measured in a straight line, equals in length two thirds of the occludent segment of the scutum, the handle being rather narrower than this same segment.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Each leg-bearing somite contains a distinct tergum and sternum, the number of sterna never exceeding that of the terga.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
B, Tergum and part of a second of the same enlarged to show the position of the stigmata o, o; p, hinder margin of tergum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
Var.—Carina absent; scuta, with the upper lobe absent; terga, with the rectangular projection little developed.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
In Arachnida the highest forms exhibit a fusion of the tergites of five post-oral somites to form one continuous carapace united with the terga of the two prosthomeres.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
Valves 5, approximate; scuta with their umbones in the middle of the occludent margin; carina rectangularly bent, extending up between the terga, with the basal end simply concave.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
In Diplopoda two opisthomeres—that is to say, one in addition to the buccal somite—are united by a fusion of their terga with the terga of the prosthomeres.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
The wings of Hexapoda are lateral expansions of the terga of the second and third thoracic somites.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various
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