Abdomen

abdomen
In vertebrates, that portion of the trunk containing visceral organs except for heart and lungs; in arthropods, ...
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abdomen
The part of the body of vertebrates containing the viscera, that is the kidneys, liver, stomach, and intestines.
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abdomen
In vertebrates, the portion of the trunk containing visceral organs other than heart and lungs; in arthropods, the posterior portion of the body, ...
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abdomen -- Region of the body furthest from the mouth. In insects, the third body region behind the head and thorax.
absorption -- The taking in of water and dissolved minerals and nutrients across cell membranes. Contrast with ingestion.
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abdomen The portion of a tetrapod's body between the thorax and pelvic girdle.The region of an arthropod's body behind the thorax. It contains the visceral organs.
abducens A nerve.
abduct An action.
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Abdomen: The last of the three major body divisions of an insect.
Action threshold: The pest density at which a control tactic must be implemented to avoid an economic loss.
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abdomen. The posterior body division of an arthropod.
abiotic disease. A disease caused by factors other than pathogens.
abiotic disorder. A disease caused by factors other than a pathogen; physiological disorder.
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abdomen with several segments.
The insects are well-adapted to living on land, thanks to ...
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thorax
abdomen
Classification of Arthropods
Due to their great diversity of appendages, lifestyles, and other features, arthropods are usually separated into several subphylums.
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98% of the control abdomens were consumed by the birds, 68% of the queen, 41% of the viceroy and 46% of the monarch. The monarch and viceroy scores did not differ significantly; the other two classes did.
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Insects use tracheal respiration with openings on the sides of the thorax and abdomen called spiracles leading to the tubular tracheal system. Air reaches internal tissues via a network of branches from the tracheal system.
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So there's a set of homeotic genes that are defining the segments of the head, another set that define the thorax, and others that define parts of the abdomen.
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Symptoms of kwashiorkor include a swollen abdomen, reddish discoloration of the hair and depigmented skin. The child has a miserable appearance with a "bull-dog" facies.
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The adults are "yellowish, with dark crossbands on abdomen; the feathered arista is characteristic of the family.
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A congenital disorder in which part of the colon lacks nerve cells and therefore is unable to relax. The result is chronic constipation and distention of the abdomen. The disorder affects about one in 5000 U.S.
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germ-cell migration (Deshpande et al.2001)
optic lamina (Huang and Kunes 1996,1998)
gonad (Forbes et al.1996;Zhang and Kalderon 2000)
abdomen (Struhl et al.1997)
gut (Pankratz and Hoch 1995)
tracheal system (Glazer and Shilo 2001).
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