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The scientists also discovered that Cryptomartus hindi had ball-like growths at the base of its limbs, called coxal endites.

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Gas exchange is accomplished by book gills, book lungs, or tracheae, while waste products are excreted by coxal glands and/or Malpighian tubules.

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Acetabulum: the cavity into which an appendage is articulated; specifically the coxal cavity, - q.v.; also applied to a cup-like cavity in the sucking mouth of maggots.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Patella - ae: the modified joints of anterior tarsi in Dytiscidae; plate-like, horny or spongy structures on the undersides of the tarsal joints: the first coxal joint.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Ante-coxal piece: Coleoptera; that portion of the metasternum lying in front of the posterior coxae, often passing between them and meeting the abdomen of mandible, is the lateral sclerite of the clypeus; - one on each side.

Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology John. B. Smith

Associated with, or in the immediate vicinity of the two species of Melita, live two species of Allorchestes, the pairs of which are met with almost more numerously than the single animals, and yet their females show no trace of the above-mentioned processes of the coxal lamellae.

Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

In M. exilii all the coxal lamellae are of the ordinary formation.

Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

The coxal lamellae of the penultimate pair of feet are produced into hook-like processes, of which the male lays hold with the hands of the first pair of feet.

Facts and Arguments for Darwin Fritz Muller 1859

 Two heavy, large coxal bones (hipbones) are joined at the pubic symphysis  Coxal bones are anchored to the sacrum, and together these bones form the pelvic cavity  Weight of the body is transmitted through the pelvis to the lower limbs and then onto the ground 28-13

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A. the tibia B. the femur C. the coxal bones D. the carpals E. the patella

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