- postoccipital
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postoccipital
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postoccipital ridge — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The internal aspect of the postoccipital suture … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
postoccipital suture — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The transverse suture on the head immediately posterior to the occipital suture, and ending at the posterior tentorial pit on either side and along which are inserted the dorsal prothoracic muscles that move the head … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
postoccipital suture — | ̷ ̷+ noun : a posterior groove on the cranium of an insect having tentorial pits at each end and forming internally a ridge on which dorsal neck and prothoracic muscles find their attachment … Useful english dictionary
crocodile — crocodiloid /krok euh dil oyd, krok euh duy loyd/, adj. /krok euh duyl /, n. 1. any of several crocodilians of the genus Crocodylus, found in sluggish waters and swamps of the tropics. 2. any reptile of the order Crocodylia; crocodilian. 3. the… … Universalium
Insect morphology — Legend of body parts Tagmata : A Head, B Thorax, C Abdomen. 1. antenna 2. ocelli (lower) 3. ocelli (upper) 4. compound eye 5. brain (cerebral ganglia) 6. prothorax … Wikipedia
fulcro-cranial muscle — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. A muscle arising from the postoccipital phragma or ridge and inserted on the fulcrum in the thysanuran Lepismodes and mayfly nymphs. 2. In the blattoid Periplaneta and lower apterygotes, a muscle arising from each of the… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
occipital arch — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The area of the cranium between the occipital and postoccipital sutures … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
occiput — n. [L. occiput, back of the head] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) 1. The dorsal posterior part of the cranium, between the occipital and postoccipital sutures; in many the boundaries with the vertex and postgenae are not delimited. 2. In Formicidae, the… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
postocciput — n. [L. post, after; occiput, back of head] (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) The extreme narrow posterior rim of the head, between the postoccipital suture and the foramen magnum … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
tentorial pits — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) External depressions on the surface of the head marking points of union of the arms with the outer wall of the head; usually two in the epistomal suture and one at the lower end of each postoccipital suture … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
