- arthrodial membrane
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(ARTHROPODA)Articular membranes that permits unrestricted motion; flexible joints.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
arthrodial membrane
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finishing arthrodial membrane — (Subclass Copepoda): An arthrodial membrane which completes a segment and whose formation defines the location of the segment along the proximodistal axis of a limb. The finishing arthrodial membrane usually is the distal arthrodial membrane of a … Crustacea glossary
arthrobranchiata — Arthrodial membrane Tough flexible cuticle occurring between skeletal elements and allowing relative movement [Warner, 1977]. (Subclass Copepoda): An unsclerotized, flexible section of the exoskeleton between the sclerotized parts of two somites… … Crustacea glossary
oncophysis — n. [Gr. onkos, swelling; physis, growth] (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata) Any extension of an arthrodial membrane, usually in the form of a more or less hyaline intumescence; see Tragardh s organ … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
complex — (Subclass Copepoda): Two or more unarticulated somites or segments resulting from the failure of an arthrodial membrane to form between the somites or segments comprising the complex [Ferrari and Dahms, in press] … Crustacea glossary
element — (Subclass Copepoda): A serially repeated component or part of a segment, e.g. the dorsal formation seta, the ventral formation seta or the finishing arthrodial membrane [Ferrari and Dahms, in press] … Crustacea glossary
segment — Division of an appendage [Perez Farfante and Kensley, 1997]. Individual component of crustacean limb connected by movable articulation with adjoining segments. (Syn. podomere (not equivalent to somite, though used by some authors in this sense).… … Crustacea glossary
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Joint — A joint is the area where two bones are attached for the purpose of motion of body parts. A joint is usually formed of fibrous connective tissue and cartilage. An articulation or an arthrosis is the same as a joint. Joints are grouped according… … Medical dictionary
joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… … Universalium
Tarsometatarsal articulations — Ligaments of the sole of the foot, with the tendons of the Peronæus longus, Tibialis posterior and Tibialis anterior muscles … Wikipedia
