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Definition of Intersegmental
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Intersegmental
1. Between two segments, such as metameres or myotomes. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intersegmental
Literary usage of Intersegmental
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1897)
"... the intersegmental sutures indented and marked with a black dot. Tergum black,
the sutures, exteriorly, with a double black spot. ..."
2. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1906)
"The 4th abdominal is (extended) about 2mm. long, and has about four equal portions,
viz., two anterior fairly flat, then an intersegmental ..."
3. Textbook of Anatomy by Daniel John Cunningham (1905)
"The pyloric vein is a splanchnic intersegmental ventral longitudinal anastomosing
vein. The coronary vein is partly a ventral and partly a dorsal splanchnic ..."
4. A Laboratory manual and text-book of embryology by Charles William Prentiss (1922)
"The dorsal branches are intersegmental and develop small dorsal and large ventral
rami. ... Aorta Dorsal (intersegmental) artery Ventral anastomosis Lateral ..."
5. Gait Analysis in the Science of Rehabilitation edited by Joel A. DeLisa (2000)
"Using measurements of the intersegmental load actions and the relevant kinematics,
it is possible to compute the energy and power transmitted from one body ..."
6. Human embryology by Charles Sedgwick Minot (1897)
"intersegmental ARTERIES.—The first branches of the aorta to appear in the embryo
are a series of small vessels, which pass upward and outward on each side ..."
7. The Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation by James William Tutt, Malcolm Burr (1890)
"Whilst these segments were still very movable, the intersegmental membranes were
wide and flexible to allow of those movements. As soon as the descending ..."
8. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"To take the fifth abdominal segment on the dorsum, five successive zones are
present, four being subsegmental, the fifth the intersegmental membrane. ..."
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