Pedicle
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Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:
- Pedicle of vertebral archPedicle of vertebral archThe pedicles are two short, thick processes, which project dorsally, one on either side, from the superior part of the vertebral body at the junction of its posterior and lateral surfaces. They connect the body of the spinal vertebra to the arch...
, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures - Pedicle (zoology)Pedicle (zoology)In zoology, the pedicle refers to a fleshy line brachiopods and some bivalve mollusks use to attach and anchor to a substrate. In brachiopods, the pedicle emerges from a pedicle opening. Some brachiopods do not have a functional pedicle, and thus do not have this pedicle opening....
, a fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve mollusks to a substrate - Pedicel (botany)Pedicel (botany)A pedicel is a stem that attaches single flowers to the main stem of the inflorescence. It is the branches or stalks that hold each flower in an inflorescence that contains more than one flower....
, the stalk of an individual flower - Pedicle (cervidae), the attachment point for antlerAntlerAntlers are the usually large, branching bony appendages on the heads of most deer species.-Etymology:Antler originally meant the lowest tine, the "brow tine"...
s in cervids - Pedicel (antenna), the second segment of the antennaAntenna (biology)Antennae in biology have historically been paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods. More recently, the term has also been applied to cilium structures present in most cell types of eukaryotes....
in the class Insecta, where the Johnston's organ is found - Hilum of kidneyHilum of kidneyThe renal hilum or renal pedicle of the kidney is the recessed central fissure. The medial border of the kidney is concave in the center and convex toward either extremity; it is directed forward and a little downward. Its central part presents a deep longitudinal fissure, bounded by prominent...
, also called the renal pedicle - Pedicel or petiole (insect)Petiole (insect)In entomology, the term petiole is most commonly used to refer to the constricted first metasomal segment of members of the Hymenopteran suborder Apocrita; it may be used to refer to other insects with similar body shapes, where the metasomal base is constricted...
, the stem formed by a restricted abdominal segment which connects the thorax with the gaster (the remaining abdominal segments) in the suborder Apocrita - Pedicel (spider)Pedicel (spider)The pedicel of a spider is a small, flexible cylinder that joins the cephalothorax and abdomen. This helps the spider to spin silk without moving the cephalothorax....
, the narrow segment connecting the cephalothoraxCephalothoraxThe cephalothorax is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. The word cephalothorax is derived from the Greek words for head and thorax...
with the abdomen - Congo PedicleCongo PedicleThe Congo Pedicle refers to the southeast salient of the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo which sticks into neighbouring Zambia almost dividing it into two lobes, like the wings of a butterfly. In area the pedicle is similar in size to Wales or New Jersey...
, an area of DR Congo jutting into Zambia - Zaire Pedicle, used for 'Congo Pedicle' during the time that DR Congo was called Zaire
- Congo Pedicle roadCongo Pedicle roadThe Congo Pedicle road crosses the Congolese territory of the Congo Pedicle and was constructed by and is maintained by Zambia to connect its Copperbelt and Luapula Provinces...
, serving Zambian provinces either side of the Congo Pedicle