Difference between revisions of "gubernaculum"
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|lexical category=noun; plural <b>gubernacula</b> | |lexical category=noun; plural <b>gubernacula</b> | ||
|etymology=Latin diminutive <i>gubernare</i>, to guide | |etymology=Latin diminutive <i>gubernare</i>, to guide | ||
| − | |definition=1. ([[Cnidaria]]: Hydrozoa) Hydroida, protoplasmic strands connecting the blastostyle and internal marsupium to the gonothecal wall; possibly functioning in nutrition or as a device for keeping the internal marsupium in position. | + | |definition=1. ([[Cnidaria]]: [[Hydrozoa]]) Hydroida, [[protoplasmic]] strands connecting the [[blastostyle]] and [[internal]] [[marsupium]] to the gonothecal wall; possibly functioning in [[nutrition]] or as a device for keeping the [[internal]] [[marsupium]] in position. |
| − | 2. (NEMATA) A sclerotized trough-shaped structure of the dorsal wall of the spicular pouch, near the distal portion of the spicules; functions for reinforcement of the dorsal wall. <i>a.</i> Retractor gubernaculi muscles extend from the gubernaculum to the dorsal or lateral body wall. <i>b.</i> Seductor gubernaculi muscles extend from the lateral walls of the body to the gubernaculum. | + | 2. (NEMATA) A [[sclerotized]] trough-shaped [[structure]] of the [[dorsal]] wall of the [[spicular pouch]], near the [[distal]] portion of the spicules; functions for reinforcement of the [[dorsal]] wall. <i>a.</i> Retractor gubernaculi muscles [[extend]] from the gubernaculum to the [[dorsal]] or [[lateral]] [[body wall]]. <i>b.</i> Seductor gubernaculi muscles [[extend]] from the [[lateral]] walls of the body to the gubernaculum. |
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Latest revision as of 23:40, 13 September 2013
gubernaculum (noun; plural gubernacula; Latin diminutive gubernare, to guide): 1. (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) Hydroida, protoplasmic strands connecting the blastostyle and internal marsupium to the gonothecal wall; possibly functioning in nutrition or as a device for keeping the internal marsupium in position.2. (NEMATA) A sclerotized trough-shaped structure of the dorsal wall of the spicular pouch, near the distal portion of the spicules; functions for reinforcement of the dorsal wall. a. Retractor gubernaculi muscles extend from the gubernaculum to the dorsal or lateral body wall. b. Seductor gubernaculi muscles extend from the lateral walls of the body to the gubernaculum.
