Also called branchiostegal ray. one of the long, curved bones just below the operculum, supporting the gill membranes.
adjective
of or relating to the branchiostegals.
Origin of branchiostegal First recorded in 1740–50; branchio- + steg(o)- + -al1 Examples from the Web for branchiostegal Historical Examples of branchiostegal
These are the bones connected with respiration—the operculum, the branchiostegal rays, the branchial arches, and others.
British Dictionary definitions for branchiostegal branchiostegal adjective
zoology of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fishbranchiostegal membrane; branchiostegal rays
Word Origin for branchiostegal from branchia + Greek stegos roof
branchiostegal membrane
Hyoid arch and branchiostegal rays of (A) Platyurosternarchus crypticus , MCZ 98431, and
Schematic illustration of branchiostegal membrane: (A) Potamorrhaphis labiatus; (B) P
Abbreviations: BN1, first external branchiostegal ray; BN2, second external branchiostegal ray; BN3, third external branchiostegal
branchiostegal u003d one of the dermal bony (or cartilaginous) struts inserting on the epihyal and/or ceratohyal and sometimes the interhyal and hypohyal,
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The branchiostegal ray opercle series of hyoid dermal bones. Left side views,
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Figures (7) Amia calva: lower jaw and branchiostegal apparatus in ventral view; (8) palate with dermal bones; (9) lower jaw in lateral and medial views;
Articular Membrane: Uncalcified integument at a joint, permitting movement of the exoskeleton, as between the segments of a pereopod.
Branchiostegal rays of Gymnotus interruptus (UFRJ 8243) in ventral view. Cartilage presented in
Branchiostegal membrane closes the gill slit during the first part of inhalation.
branchiostegal rays. 1/2
Fig. 1. Lateral sectional view of the crab showing the anterior one third
branchiostegal membrane
Hyoid arch and branchiostegal rays of (A) Platyurosternarchus crypticus , MCZ 98431, and
Schematic illustration of branchiostegal membrane: (A) Potamorrhaphis labiatus; (B) P
Abbreviations: BN1, first external branchiostegal ray; BN2, second external branchiostegal ray; BN3, third external branchiostegal
branchiostegal u003d one of the dermal bony (or cartilaginous) struts inserting on the epihyal and/or ceratohyal and sometimes the interhyal and hypohyal,
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The branchiostegal ray opercle series of hyoid dermal bones. Left side views,
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Figures (7) Amia calva: lower jaw and branchiostegal apparatus in ventral view; (8) palate with dermal bones; (9) lower jaw in lateral and medial views;
Articular Membrane: Uncalcified integument at a joint, permitting movement of the exoskeleton, as between the segments of a pereopod.
Branchiostegal rays of Gymnotus interruptus (UFRJ 8243) in ventral view. Cartilage presented in
Branchiostegal membrane closes the gill slit during the first part of inhalation.
branchiostegal rays. 1/2
Fig. 1. Lateral sectional view of the crab showing the anterior one third
branchiostegal membrane
Hyoid arch and branchiostegal rays of (A) Platyurosternarchus crypticus , MCZ 98431, and
branchiostegal membrane
Hyoid arch and branchiostegal rays of (A) Platyurosternarchus crypticus , MCZ 98431, and
Schematic illustration of branchiostegal membrane: (A) Potamorrhaphis labiatus; (B) P
Abbreviations: BN1, first external branchiostegal ray; BN2, second external branchiostegal ray; BN3, third external branchiostegal
branchiostegal u003d one of the dermal bony (or cartilaginous) struts inserting on the epihyal and/or ceratohyal and sometimes the interhyal and hypohyal,
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The branchiostegal ray opercle series of hyoid dermal bones. Left side views,
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Figures (7) Amia calva: lower jaw and branchiostegal apparatus in ventral view; (8) palate with dermal bones; (9) lower jaw in lateral and medial views;
Articular Membrane: Uncalcified integument at a joint, permitting movement of the exoskeleton, as between the segments of a pereopod.
Branchiostegal rays of Gymnotus interruptus (UFRJ 8243) in ventral view. Cartilage presented in
Branchiostegal membrane closes the gill slit during the first part of inhalation.
branchiostegal rays. 1/2
Fig. 1. Lateral sectional view of the crab showing the anterior one third
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