ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PLASTRON
Via French from Italian piastrone, from piastra breastplate, from Latin emplastrumplaster.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLASTRON»
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Biology of Turtles: From Structures to Strategies of Life
This is also a mechanism being proposed for plastron bones and will be
discussed later. . the formation of the plastron Bones: heteroChrony and neural
Crest Cells 1.3.1 Dermal Bones of the Plastron The plastron generally is
composed of ...
Jeanette Wyneken, Matthew H. Godfrey, Vincent Bels, 2007
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Advances in Insect physiology APL
All spiracular gills except those of the Chironomidae bear a plastron of one kind
or another, and oxygen entering through the water-air interface of the plastron
diffuses through air channels directly into the spiracles. In chironomid flies the ...
J. W. L. Beament, J. E. Treherne, Sir Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, 1968
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Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa
Figure 4.4 Turkanemys pattersoni gen. and sp. nov. plastron, KNM-LT 569: A
ventral view, B visceral surface. The pelvic girdle remains fused to the inner
surfaces of the xiphiplastron. Midline length 33.0 cm. Figure 4.5 Turkanemys
pattersoni ...
Meave G. Leakey, John Michael Harris, 2013
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New Zealand Journal of Zoology
S. L. GOLDSON* and G. H. SATCHELL Department of Zoology, University
ofOtago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand The extensive plastron gill of the
pupa of Psychoda tridens Satchell, an endemic New Zealand species, is
described from ...
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Reconstructing Fourth Century B.C.E. Chu Religious Practices ...
way to differentiate milfoil divination from plastron divination is to see whether or
not a numerical hexagram was generated.80 In this way, six individual Baoshan
divinations were identified as milfoil divinations and the rest were plastron ...
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Medicine and Surgery of Tortoises and Turtles
Central plastron osteotomy Soft-tissue Hank approach through the prefemoral
fossa Lateral plastronotomy combined with prefemoral approach Entry through
ossified dermal plates requires some form of mechanical saw or burr and results
...
Stuart McArthur, Roger Wilkinson, Jean Meyer, 2008
3.4.3 Plastrons and spiracular gills Total independence of atmospheric air is
possible only if insects have a permanent gas store or incompressible gas gill,
called a plastron. Unlike compressible gas stores, the volume of a plastron
remains ...
Jill Lancaster, Barbara J. Downes, 2013
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The Extended Organism: The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures
principle for its plastron gill, it seems to have developed a case of physiological
dyslexia. Occam's razor would, in this case, guide us to re- ject the hypothesis
that the Agriotypus ribbon is a plastron gill. But let's see what Goldberg's lever
can ...
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The turtles of Illinois
Humeral scutes rhomboidal; plastron narrow, not nearly filling aperture;
interpectoral suture about equal to interhumeral; posterior lobe of plastron longer
than the anterior lobe, and truncate, the angles not rounded; much cartilage
between the ...
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The Insects: Structure and Function
the insect are resisted. Such pressures may develop through the utilization of
oxygen from the plastron so that the internal pressure is reduced, or through the
insect being in deep water and therefore subjected to high hydrostatic pressure.
R. F. Chapman, Stephen J. Simpson, Angela E. Douglas, 2013
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLASTRON»
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Column: Regulations protect Indiana's turtles
A couple of terms you might run across when reading about turtles are carapace, the upper bony shell of a turtle, and plastron, the lower shell. «Greenfield Daily Reporter, Jul 15»
Turtle - hater shoots turtle rescue volunteer in South Florida
Its oval-shaped upper shell averages 3.3 feet in length and is olive-brown with darker streaks running through it; its lower shell, or plastron, ... «AL.com, Jul 15»
Beverly Fleming: Baby turtles are everywhere this time of year
... and on both top (carapace) and bottom (plastron) shells. The babies sometimes differ in color from the adults, which adds to the confusion. «St. Augustine Record, Jul 15»
Authorities Considering Blanding's Turtle For Endangered List
Adults typically measure from 18-26 cm with the mature males being larger compared with the females and have concave plastron, or under ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
3 Invasive Animals That Have Permanently Changed the Delta
Reaching an average maximum size of 12 inches long (measured along the shell, or "plastron," the turtles spend most of their time in fresh ... «KCET, Jul 15»
New Study Identifies Turtle Ancestor
This animal had a completely developed belly plate scientists call “plastron” which would eventually expand to enclose the turtle's whole body ... «Pioneer News, Jun 15»
Scott Hollifield: Catching up with Grandpa Turtle
... and bear sculpturing, elongate dorsal vertebrae, and modified limb girdles (and) … a cuirass of robust paired gastralia in place of a plastron.”. «McDowell News, Jun 15»
Here's the grandfather of all turtles; video shows the evolution of shell
Since, no proofs have come affront in the next 40 million – year space we cannot certain the origin of plastron. Robert Reisz, a paleontologist at ... «The Next Digit, Jun 15»
German scientists find oldest-ever fossil tortoise
With this tortoise the carapace, the top part of the shell, only consisted of protruding rib bones, but the plastron, the underside, was already ... «The Local.de, Jun 15»
What kinds of turtles live in Clove Lakes Park on Staten Island?
The lower shell or plastron is yellow. Male painted turtles can be distinguished from females by the length of the nails on their front feet. «SILive.com, Jun 15»
