Hook-bearing structure which attaches the pupa to a twig when becoming a chrysalis
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most butterfly pupae are attached to a surface by a silken pad spun by the caterpillar and a set of hooks (cremaster) at the tip of the pupal abdomen.
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muscle by which the testicles are suspended
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• (n.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect. • (n.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
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(from the article `Barney, Matthew`) American sculptor and video artist whose five-part Cremaster film cycle was praised for its inventiveness. Some art critics considered him one of the ...
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(from the article `lepidopteran`) ...feeding. Of the true butterflies, only the satyr and parnassian butterflies make cocoons; all others pupate naked. In many species the pupa hangs ... ...the pupa. The wings are prominent, folded down flat along the ventral surface, with the proboscis halves, the legs, and the antennae between them. ....
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The cluster of minute hooks (sometimes just one larger hook) at the hind end of a lepidopterous pupa: used to grip the pupal support.
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<anatomy, muscle> Origin, from internal oblique muscle and inguinal ligament; insertion, cremasteric fascia (spermatic cord); action, raises testicle; nerve supply, genital branch of genitofemoral; in the male the muscle envelops the spermatic cord and testis, in the female, the round ligament of the uterus. ... See: cremasteric fascia. ... S...
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A hooked, or spine-like process at the posterior end of the insect pupa, often used for attachment.
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Cre·mas'ter noun [ New Latin , from Greek ........., from ............ to hang.]
1. (Anat.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.
2. (Zoology) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: krē-mas′ter See: cremasteric fascia, cremaster muscle
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The cremaster is a thin layer of muscles by which the testicles are suspended. The muscles originate from the lower border of internal oblique and transversalis muscles. It loops around the spermatic cord and insert in the crest of the os pubis and the front of the rectus muscle. The cremaster is innervated by the genital branch of the genitofemora...
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cremaster 1. The muscles suspending the testes in the scrotum. 2. The muscles by which the testicles are retracted. 3. The hook on the end of the case by which some insect pupae can be suspended.
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kremaster, suspender.
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a series of hooks used to attach the pupa of a butterfly or moth to a twig or other structure.
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Hooks on the pupa for attaching to silk pads.
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Greek = suspender, hence the muscle which suspends the testis.
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a usually hooklike process on the posterior tip of a chrysalis, for attaching the pupa to a stem, twig, etc. · the suspensory muscle of the testis.
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