These brushes are located upon the first or most proximal tarsal segment of the legs, known technically as the palmae of the forelegs and as the plantae of the middle and hind pair.
Most of the pollen of the middle legs is gathered upon the conspicuous brushes of the first tarsal segments or plantae of these legs.
In addition to these well-marked brushes, the distal ends of the tibiae of the fore and middle legs bear many stiff hairs, which function as pollen collectors, and the distal tarsal joints of all legs bear similar structures.
It appears probable that the bee removes the pollen from the head, breast, and abdomen by means of the hairy brushes which are located upon the medial sides of the tarsal segments of all of the legs, being most pronounced upon the hind legs.
The broad, flat planta (metatarsus or proximal tarsal segment of the hind leg) is marked on its inner surface by several rows of stiff, distally directed spines which form the pollen combs.
The compressing action of the auricle squeezing heavily moistened pollen upward into the basket is entirely sufficient to account for the abundance of sticky fluid found in the neighborhood of each hind tibio-tarsal joint.
In the former movement the foreleg flexes sharply upon itself until the tarsal brush and coxa nearly meet.
The middle leg also at times reaches far forward, stroking down over the foreleg before it is entirely flexed and apparently combing over with its tarsal brush the face and mouthparts themselves.
A vestige of web between toes; no tarsal tubercles; tibiotarsal articulation reaches snout or slightly beyond; iris coppery red in life.
No web between toes; one tarsal tubercle; tibiotarsal articulation reaches to nostril; iris bronze in life.
The presence of webbing between the toes, the absence of tarsal tubercles, and the coppery red iris distinguish E.
No web between toes; a row of tarsal tubercles; tibiotarsal articulation reaches to tip of snout; color of iris unknown.
A vestige of web between toes; no tarsal tubercles; tibiotarsal articulation reaches well beyond snout; iris coppery red in life.
Centrolenids are small, delicate, arboreal frogs having poorly ossified skulls and fused tarsal bones, but agree with Allophryne in having T-shaped terminal phalanges.
The tarsal bones, in all important circumstances of number, disposition, and form, resemble those of man (Fig.
But a far more important distinction lies in the fact that, instead of four more tarsal bones there are only three; and, that these three are not arranged side by side, or in one row.
Every Monkey and Lemur exhibits the characteristic arrangement of tarsal bones, possesses a short flexor and short extensor muscle, and a 'peronaeus longus'.
They articulate at one extremity with one range of tarsal bones; at the other extremity, with the first range of the toe-bones.
The surface of the lower extremity of the tibia, that unites with one of the tarsal bones to form the ankle-joint.
The tarsaland metatarsal bones are united so as to give the foot an arched form, convex above, and concave below.
The individual tarsal bones, especially the talus and calcaneus, are altered in shape as well as in their relations to one another and to the tibio-fibular socket.
One, several, or all of the metatarsals may be separated from the distal row of tarsal bones--the usual cause being a fall from a horse, the foot being fixed in the stirrup.
The distal segment of the foot is usually displaced towards the sole; the foot is foreshortened, the malleoli raised from the sole, the arch of the foot is lost, and the first row of tarsal bones projects on the dorsum.
Arthrodesis of the ankle alone or along with the mid-tarsal joint may be indicated when these joints are flail-like.
In well-marked cases the foot presents a concavity towards the medial side, the maximum point of the curve being opposite the mid-tarsal joint.
The foot is supported on a pillow, and to prevent stiffness, massage and movements of the ankle and tarsal joints should be commenced without delay.
The procedure is most successful in the ankle and mid-tarsal joints, and as a result of it there is obtained a secure and firm base of support in walking.
Color of underparts extends distally on posterior sides of forelegs over toes onto antipalmar faces of feet and wrists, on medial sides of hind limbs over antiplantar faces of toes and sometimes tarsal region.
The bones of the foot, 26 in number, consist of the tarsal bones, the metatarsal, and the phalanges.
A term applied to the small glands between the conjunctiva and tarsal cartilages, discovered by Meibomius.
The tarsal bones are the seven small, irregular bones which make up the ankle.
Tarsal folds and tubercles are lacking in Syrrhophus, Tomodactylus, and the augusti group of Eleutherodactylus.
The legs consist of six joints, the tarsal joints being large and two in number, and bearing a pair of terminal curved claws.
Individuals from La Princesa near the continental divide in Oaxaca show the same variation in body proportions and development of the tarsal fold.
The tarsal fold is dark; the throat is pale in some individuals, but in most is mottled with dark brown or gray flecks.
In specimens from Los Tuxtlas thetarsal fold is well-developed and extends two-thirds to three-fourths the length of the tarsus; the tibiotarsal articulation reaches the nostril and sometimes slightly beyond the tip of the snout.
The tarsal fold is low and extends about half the length of the tarsus; the first and second fingers are subequal in length; the tibiotarsal articulation extends beyond the tip of the snout.
The tarsal fold is absent in the specimen from Teapa, in three from the isthmus, and in all those from central Veracruz; it is weakly present in the others.
The third tarsal segment is broad and bi-lobed, and the fourth is so small that the feet seem to be only four-segmented.
There are four malpighian tubes, and all five tarsal segments are usually recognizable.
The absence of a tarsal fold and of nuptial spines in breeding males, the nature of the breeding call, and the form of tadpole are characters that place Ptychohyla ignicolor in the P.
No tarsal fold; outer fingers having only vestige of web; males lacking nuptial tuberosities; color in life green or brown; iris red or golden color P.
Members of the Ptychohyla euthysanota group have a weak tarsal fold, whereas in the species comprising the Ptychohyla schmidtorum group the tarsal fold is absent.
Young and tender flesh is highly appreciated, as witness the Tarsal Tachytes, the Black Tachytes and the Mantis-killing Tachytes, who all three select game that is not yet made tough by age.
Of smaller size and clad in black with trimmings of silvery down on the edge of the abdominal segments, the Tarsal Tachytes frequents the ledges of soft limestone in fairly populous colonies.
The Tarsal Bembex furnished me with what I wanted: larvae young enough to have still before them a long period of feeding and yet sufficiently developed to endure the trials of a removal.
The regular number of the toes ortarsal joints is five, so that they correspond to our digital phalanges, to the metacarpal, and the anterior carpal bone.
There is no trace of a first toe, and the fifth meta-tarsal is represented by a small nodule.
The bees which make up this group agree with the Sphecoidea in the short pronotum, but may be distinguished from all other Hymenoptera by the widened first tarsal segment and the plumose hairs on head and body.
The levator palpebrae superioris is the highest, and passes forward to the superior tarsal plate and fornix of the conjunctiva.
In the Suina four toes are developed, and though in the Peccaries the third and fourth metatarsals are united, they are all distinct in most members of the group, as are all the tarsal bones.
The following names derived from human anatomy are commonly applied to the various carpal and tarsal bones: =Carpus.
The proximal tarsal bones are always ankylosed to the tibia, and the distal tarsals to the metatarsals, so that the ankle joint is intertarsal.
But with regard to the proximal row of tarsal bones there is difference of opinion.
The first two distal tarsalia articulate with the pre-axial tarsal of the proximal row, the third only with its neighbours the second, and the fused fourth and fifth.
Most of the other Edentates have a but little modified pes with the normal number of tarsal bones and the complete series of digits.
The ankle joint is cruro-tarsal, or situated between the proximal tarsal bones and the tibia and fibula.
The cuboid always articulates with the astragalus, and the tarsal bones strongly interlock.
The tarsal bones of the Turtle do not retain their primitive arrangement to such an extent as do the carpals.
B) and Titanotherium have a short and broad foot with the usual tarsal bones and three well-developed digits,--a number never exceeded by any Perissodactyle.
All thetarsal bones are small and somewhat polygonal, and are connected with one another, and with the tibia and fibula on the one hand, and with the metatarsals on the other by a thin layer of cartilage.
The ankle joint is intertarsal, or situated between the proximal and distal row of tarsal bones, not cruro-tarsal as in Mammalia.
There seem at first to be no tarsal bones; and only one bone, divided at the end into three heads for the three toes which are attached to it, appears in the place of the metatarsus.
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