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abdominal segment

Pseudoscientific medicine
The 6th of 7 segment of the body, pertaining to the pseudoscientific theories of Dr Wilhelm Reich, which are said to express latent sexual repression through muscular armouring; this defense is said to be resolved by massage and deep breathing.
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Thorax has dorsal parts almost covered with white waxy materials, primarily along the middle part, and narrowly extending towards the anterior edge of abdominal segment I.
Biosurveillance and morphological variations of larvae and pupae of common malaria vectors, Anopheles (Anopheles) Hyrcanus group species in the republic of Korea
Present on abdominal segments 8 & 9 in both species, but well defined in U.
The exuviae of the Urothemistinae of the Arabian Peninsula including the first description of the exuvia and final instar larva of Urothemis thomasi Longfield 1932 (Odonata: Libellulidae)
Mature (third instar) agabine larvae have spiracles on pleural regions of the mesothorax and abdominal segments 1-7 and head lengths of 1.
A description of the third instar of Platambus flavovittavs (Larson And Wolfe. 1998) with comments on the larval morphology of Platambus stagninvs (say, 1823) and a key to the Agabini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of Georgia
Total length (tl), abdominal length (al), width of second abdominal segment width of third abdominal segment (wts), length of cercopods (lc), number of setae inserted on left cercopod (nlc), number of setae inserted on right cercopod (nrc), width of head (wh), maximal distance between compound eyes (dby), diameter for compound eyes (dy), length of first antenna (la), width of frontal knob (jk) and abdomen length : total length ratio (ra, %).
Morphometric characterization of adult Artemia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) populations from costal and inland Tunisian salt lakes
At the anterior edge of the second abdominal segment of the female this carina bears a small, slightly raised tubercle; Dr.
The Central American genus Rhicnoderma (Orthoptera, Romaleidae, Bactrophorinae, Bactrophorini) and some closely related new taxa
Body is campodeiformes; antennae evident; compound eyes; thoracic segments with rudimentary wings; each leg with single claw on its termination; 6 pairs of plate like abdominal tracheal gills; 8 abdominal segments, terminating to two long, multi-articulated and covered with micro-bristles and one short middle anal cerci without bristles (Fig.
SURVEY OF SOME PLANKTONIC INSECT LARVAE AND NAIAD FOUND AT CHILIYA BUND
Gross examination: Sudan IV-stained luminal aspect in all the aortic strips from group I showed smooth unstained surface while those from group II revealed multiple macroscopically visible atheromatous plaques mainly in arch of aorta and fatty streaks in descending thoracic and abdominal segments, more marked around the branching orifices and with a decreasing gradient towards aortic bifurcation (Figure 2).
SITE SPECIFIC RESPONSE TO HIGH CHOLESTEROL DIET IN AORTA OF RABBIT
A small foam pressure ball is incorporated into the abdominal segment to supply uterine compression.
The promise of the non-pneumatic anti-shock garment: a new tool to use against PPH: Dawn Joyce, Jennifer Clark and Suellen Miller of the Safe Motherhood Programs, Women's Global Health Imperative, University of California San Francisco, USA
4) Mesonotum, metanotum and 1st abdominal segment somewhat inflated.
La familia Proscopiidae (Orthoptera, Eumastacoidea) en Colombia. I. El genero Apioscelis
One unique feature of most (but not all) species of springtails is the presence of a forked appendage--called a furca or furcula--attached to the fourth abdominal segment.
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Third abdominal segment sparsely, 4th and 5th densely covered with posteriorly decumbent narrower squamules.
Two new Araeoschizus species from the Vizcaino Peninsula of Baja California sur, Mexico and discussion of species groups: (Coleoptera: Tenebrionidae)
Knocking out Ubx alone gave "something on the first abdominal segment that looks like it's trying to form a leg," Bennett says.
Leggy beetles show how insects lost limbs

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