-
surface is
called the
plastron.
These are
joined by an area
called the bridge. The
actual suture between the
bridge and the
plastron is
called the anterior...
-
pumped into and out of the ****
provides oxygen to the
closed tracheae. A
plastron is a type of
structural adaptation occurring among some
aquatic arthropods...
- the
upper part is the
domed carapace,
while the
underside is the
flatter plastron or belly-plate. Its
outer surface is
covered in
scales made of keratin...
-
turtles and tortoises. In
turtles and tortoises, the
underside is
called the
plastron. In crustaceans, the
carapace functions as a
protective cover over the...
-
Oracle bones are
pieces of ox sca**** and
turtle plastron which were used in pyromancy – a form of divination –
during the Late
Shang period (c. 1250 –...
- males. The male can be
identified by the
slightly concave shape to its
plastron.
There is no
specific pattern to what the
underbellies may look like, for...
- it. Basilemys'
plastron is
octagonal and elongated. Like the carapace, the
plastron is made up of many bony elements, and the
plastron can be divided...
- to whom the
species name refers, on the
basis that the s****
underside (
plastron) was
thicker and the
humeri were straighter. However, in 1909, Wieland...
-
plastic foam, to
deflect the
frequent hits an
instructor endures.
Plastron A
plastron is an
underarm protector worn
underneath the jacket. It provides...
- directly, in the form of a gill, or
function essentially as normal, via a
plastron.
Despite being internal, the
tracheae of
arthropods are shed
during moulting...
