apodeme

Noun

ap=o=deme

WORDNET DICTIONARY

apodeme(n = noun.animal) Array - ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles; Array

is a kind of anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure

apodeme, n. [Pref. apo- + Gr. body.].

One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea. [1913 Webster]

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