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coxa::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | articulatio coxae, hip, hip joint |
| Type of | ball-and-socket joint, articulatio spheroidea, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, spheroid joint |
Examples of coxa
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The coxa de frango was a skewer of chicken legs coated in a delicious, exotic seasoning.
From the kansas.com
Inside the coxa and on the outer surface of the trochanter, Riedel found ridges just like those on screws and nuts.
From the newscientist.com
In turn, the trochanter attaches the leg to the insect's body, by screwing into a part called the coxa, which is similar to a hip.
From the newscientist.com
The epicoxal theory suggests the insect wings are modified epicoxal exites, a modified appendage at the base of the legs or coxa.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Australian Amaurobiids may be distinguished from Amphinectidae by the absence of a pre-tarsal fracture and the presence of a retrocoxal hymen on coxa I.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Historically, forensic scientists have been able to determine the sex of skeletal remains by visually evaluating the size and shape of the pelvis, or os coxa.
From the sciencedaily.com
While determining sex based on visual inspections of os coxa have an accuracy rate of approximately 90 percent, the new technique from Ross and Bytheway has an accuracy rate of 98 percent or better.
From the sciencedaily.com
- Hip: the ball-and-socket joint between the head of the femur and the acetabulum
- Coxa may refer to:
- The basal segment of a limb of various arthropods (as an insect)
- The joint of the legs and pedipalps closest to the cephalothorax.
- Proximal segment of pereiopods of crustacea; may be expanded and plate-like in some forms
- The first or basal segment of a thoracic appendage. See pereopod.
- The first segment of a leg, between the body and the trochanter.
- The basal or 1 st leg segment, connected to the body wall.
- The equivalent to the human hip joint.
