gill arch


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gill arch

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n.
1. One of several bony or cartilaginous arches located on either side of the pharynx and supporting the gills in fish and amphibians.
2. Embryology One of several corresponding arches in the embryo of a bird, reptile, or mammal that develop into structures of the ear and neck. In both senses also called branchial arch, pharyngeal arch.
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Noun1.gill arch - one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibiansgill arch - one of the bony or cartilaginous arches on each side of the pharynx that support the gills of fishes and aquatic amphibians
branchial arch, gill bar
anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure - a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing; "he has good bone structure"
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Zeuxapta seriolae showed a preference to be attached on the second left gill arch, followed by the first gill arch (Fig.
Mixed parasitism induced experimentally in yellowtail, Seriola dorsalis reared in RAS: intensity and spatial distribution on the skin and gills
In crimson snapper larvae, the ceratobranchial, basibranchial and hypobranchial cartilages were attached to the gill arch. The first four gill arches formed at 2.83 +- 0.01 mm (standard length +- SD, 3 DPH, Fig.
Skeletal Ontogeny and Anomalies in Larval and Juvenile Crimson Snapper, Lutjanus erythropterus Bloch, 1790
The morphology and evolution of the ventral gill arch skeleton in batoid fishes (Chondirchthyes: Batoidea).
Skeleton Anatomy of Five Species of Genus Urotrygon (Chondrichthyes: Urotrygonidae)/Anatomia del Esqueleto de Cinco Especies del Genero Urotrygon (Chondrichthyes: Urotrygonidae)
They have reported some specificity for particular areas of attachment of these parasites by arbitrarily dividing each gill arch into several regions.
Spatial Distribution of Myxobolus Pethericii and Henneguya Pethericii on the Gills of an African Anabantid Ctenopoma Petherici from the Sange River, Cameroon
He discovered that the gill rakers of sardine specimens (Clupeiformes: Clupeidae: Sardina) began to form on the gill arch when the larva was about 20 mm long.
Gill rakers and teeth of three pleuronectiform species (Teleostei) of the Baltic Sea: a microichthyological approach/Kolme Laanemere lestalise (Pleuronectiformes, Teleostei) lopusepiid ja hambad: mikroihtuoloogiline kasitlus
The development of the jaw is carried out by multiple processes which include the formation of its skeletal elements, which are derived from cells of the CNC of the first gill arch. In this formation, the condylar development plays an important role, in a form that any alteration level specifically contributes to causing mandibular condyle asymmetries.
Posible papel del gen noggin en el desarrollo mandibular
The count of scales in longitudinal series is made from above the dorsal end of the gill opening to the base of the caudal fin; scales in transverse series are counted from the origin of the anal fin anterodor-sally to the base of the first dorsal fin; gill rakers are counted on the first gill arch, those on the upper limb listed first; rudiments are included in the counts.
Vanderhorstia lepidobucca, a new species of shrimpgoby from Sulawesi, Indonesia
evermanni: 1st gill arch 2-3+9-11, 2nd gill arch 1+6-9; A.
Record of the Kamchatka Flounder, Atheresthes evermanni, in California waters
maximus, LACM 35876-1, wet-preserved gill arch with gill rakers, adult male, 6.0-6.7 m total length (TL), collected off Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, California, 30 June 1976.
Cetorhinus cf. C. maximus (Gunnerus) (Lamniformes: Cetorhinidae), a basking shark from the late miocene empire formation, Coos Bay, Oregon
The research also showed for the first time that the gill arch skeleton of embryonic skates (a living relative of sharks that has gill rays) responds to treatment with the vitamin A derivative retinoic acid in the same way a limb or fin skeleton does, by making a mirror image duplicate of the structure as the embryo develops.
Evolution of fins and limbs linked with that of gills

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