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Appendage

Definition

noun, plural: appendages

(general)

Things or parts added or attached to another entity.

(biology)

Parts or organs that are joined to the axis or trunk of an organism’s body (such as limbs, fins, arms, legs, wings, antennae), or parts joined to other things (such as accessory organs of the eye, appendix of the intestines, mouthparts like mandibles and maxillae, etc.).

Supplement

Word origin: append > Latin appendere or French appendre: compare with Old English appenden, apenden, to belong + -age > from Latin -aticum.

Related forms: appendaged (adjective).
Related phrases: drumstick appendage, left auricular appendage, atrial appendage.


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a very very very simple arthropoda question

jointed appendage = leg/arm/limb with one or more joints (ie, elbows, knees, etc)

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by alextemplet
Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:44 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a very very very simple arthropoda question
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a very very very simple arthropoda question

NOTE: This is not a homework question. This is part of a study effort for a big upcoming test. What's a "jointed appendage?" Can you give me some examples? Can you give me some examples of something that is NOT a jointed appendage? Progress I made on this question: None. ...

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by thewax
Thu Jan 01, 2009 1:10 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: a very very very simple arthropoda question
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Microorganisms - please help identify

... occasionally spinning in small circles. The last organism is taken at 400x, and although hidden in the image it appears to have a flagellum-like appendage which is anchored to the surface. Its action consisted of flowing water through its mouth, and then occasionally recoiling quickly into a ...

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by chambershex
Mon Dec 31, 2007 2:28 am
 
Forum: Microbiology
Topic: Microorganisms - please help identify
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The Fiber Disease

bravo Systemic .. aromatics . yes the smell of attempted eviction alien appendage is very metalic .. way too metallic . i bet this thing is hoarding oxygen and binding it with copper zink iodine and any other usefull mineral to get the immune system up on the ...

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by Nadas Moksha
Sat Aug 19, 2006 9:42 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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Tyrannosaurus sex et alia topics

I can think of no particular species in which appendages are being lost due to evolution and where that appendage is still being used. I know very little about the T. rex so please forgive my ignorance, but are we sure that the front limbs are atrophying ...

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by madnewt
Mon Aug 14, 2006 12:33 pm
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Tyrannosaurus sex et alia topics
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