APODEME - Definition

Pronunciation:		'apu`deem
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles

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	See Also:	anatomical structure, arthropod, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ap"o*deme\, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. ? body.] (Zo["o]l.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.