Uropods are posterior appendages found on a wide variety of crustaceans. They typically have functions in locomotion. ==Definition== Uropods are often defined as the appendages of the last body segment of a crustacean. An alternative definition suggested by Frederick R. Schram restricts the term to those structures arising from the segment before ...
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[immunology] Uropods, in immunology, refer to the hind part of polarized leukocytes, mostly involved in cell-to-cell interaction, cell activation and apoptosis. Leukocyte polarization is an important requirement for migration, activation and apoptosis. ...
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• (n.) Any one of the abdominal appendages of a crustacean, especially one of the posterior ones, which are often larger than the rest, and different in structure, and are used chiefly in locomotion. See Illust. of Crustacea, and Stomapoda.
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Two pairs of flattened appendages that attach to the last segment of the abdomen. The tail fan.
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(from the article `crustacean`) ...crabs and crayfish the first two pairs in the male are modified to help in sperm transfer during mating. The last pair of abdominal limbs is ... ...and rarely some amphipods, the anterior one or two pairs may be specially modified for sperm transfer. In males of most mysidaceans, the fourth ... [2 r...
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It is part of the tail section of a shrimp. The paired appendage attached to the sixth abdominal segment, usually combining with the telson to form a tailfan. The function of the uropod is for protection and fast reaction as this allows the shrimp to have a rapid backwards acceleration facilitated by the muscular abdomen. Essentially it is used for...
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an abdominal limb of an arthropod, esp. one of those on either side of the telson, as in a lobster.
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