| abdomen |
The abdomen is the segmented tail area of an insect (including butterflies and moths). An insect's abdomen contains its heart, Malpighian tubules, reproductive organs, and most of the digestive system (foregut, hindgut and rectum). It is protected by an exoskeleton. The abdomen of butterflies and moths have eleven segments (the terminal 2 or 3 segments are fused together). ABDOMINAL PROLEGS Abdominal prolegs are the peg-like legs on the abdomen (hind region) of a caterpillar. ...
Ãâó: www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/butterfly/gloss...
|
|---|---|
| abdomen |
the belly region of a vertebrate animal, or the hind segment of the body of an insect, crustacean or other arthropod.
Ãâó: www.reefed.edu.au/glossary/a.html
|
| abdomen |
Where most animal have their digestive organs. With insects, it is the last and largest of the three body sections. Some insects have a stinger on the tip. With spiders, it is the last of the two body sections, and it has spinnerets (to make thread) on the tip.
Ãâó: www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordLandingES/Ecology/mpag...
|
| abdomen |
area between the chest and the hips that contains the stomach, small intestine, large intestine, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen.
Ãâó: www.health.uab.edu/show.asp
|
| abdomen |
The region between the diaphragm and the pelvis.
Ãâó: www.methodfitness.com/fitness_glossary.shtml
|