Definition of Prosoma. Meaning of Prosoma. Synonyms of Prosoma

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Definition of Prosoma

Prosoma
Prosoma Pro*so"ma, n.; pl. Prosomata. [NL., fr. Gr. ? before + ?, ?, body.] (Zo["o]l.) The anterior of the body of an animal, as of a cephalopod; the thorax of an arthropod.

Meaning of Prosoma from wikipedia

- The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct...
- that of spiders, the body plan of the Solifugae has two main tagmata: the prosoma, or cephalothorax, is the anterior tagma, and the 10-segmented abdomen...
- tarantula's body comprises two main parts, the prosoma (or cephalothorax) and the opisthosoma (or abdomen). The prosoma and opisthosoma are connected by the pedicel...
- anterior-positioned median eyes (near the center of the prosoma) and a pair of compound lateral eyes (on the edge of the prosoma), with each lateral eye bearing between...
- the usual body segments are fused into two tagmata, the cephalothorax or prosoma, and the opisthosoma, or abdomen, and joined by a small, cylindrical pedicel...
- arthropods whose body is composed of three parts, the other two being the prosoma and the metasoma. It bears the legs, and, in the case of winged insects...
- opisthosoma is the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma (cephalothorax). It is a distinctive feature of the subphylum Chelicerata...
- (arthropod body regions): the abdomen (opisthosoma) and the cephalothorax (prosoma). Unlike spiders, the juncture between the abdomen and cephalothorax is...
- a prosoma (or cephalothorax) and opisthosoma (or abdomen). Body length ranges from a couple of millimetres up to about 5 cm (2.0 in). The prosoma is...
- 0: ● Ocular somite 1-2...: ∎ Somites of head tagma (head / cephalon / prosoma) ...7-10: ∎ Abdominal somites (further somites omitted) P: ∎ Protocerebral...