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Prosoma

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mesosomanoun(zoology) The middle part of the body, or tagma, of arthropods whose body is composed of three parts (the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma), bearing the legs and (in winged insects) the wings.
prosomitenounThe somite of a prosome
prothoraxnoun(entomology, zootomy) The anterior segment of the insect thorax; it carries the first pair of legs.
cephalomerenoun(zoology) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods.
prostomiumnoun(zoology) The portion of the head of an annelid situated in front of the mouth.
protocerebrumnoun(biology) The anterior part of the arthropod brain.
protosomitenoun(zoology) One of the primitive segments, or metameres, of an animal.
proceritenoun(zoology) The segment next to the flagellum of the antennae of crustaceans.
segmentnounOne of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.
propodiumnoun(zoology) The anterior portion of the foot of a mollusk.
metasomanoun(entomology) The posterior part of the three-part body-structure of many arthropods, the other two parts being prosoma and mesosoma.
prophragmanoun(zoology) An internal dorsal chitinous process between the first two divisions of the thorax of insects.
perisomanoun(zoology) A perisome.
cephalosomenoun(zoology) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods; the anterior of the cephalothorax.
epimeronnoun(entomology) In insects, the lateral piece behind the episternum.
proctigernoun(entomology) The terminal segment of an insect's abdomen, containing the anus.
protopoditenoun(zoology) The basal segment of the limb of a crustacean
thoraxnoun(anatomy) The region of the mammalian body between the neck and abdomen as well as the cavity containing the heart and lungs.
cephaloprothoraxnounThe fused head and prothorax of spiders and crustaceans
pleotelsonnounA fusion of the last abdominal segment of an arthropod and its telson

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