Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use palps in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word palps? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
The organic particles are separated by size in sorting areas on the labial palps and are then directed into the mouth.
Expression is seen, however, in the tips of the antennae, maxillary and labial palps, and legs.
In the most severe cases, the distal tips of the maxillary and labial palps are transformed to tarsal claws.
Short sensilla on the maxillary and labial palps, serve to recognize pheromone and touch when the male mounts the female.
It is visible in the third antennal segment, but not the maxillary palps or larval chemosensory organs.
Widespread deposition of Scrib was also detected in the antennae and maxillary palps.
In the other three families the maxillary palps are vestigial or obsolete.
Food particles that are gathered by the gills are moved to the labial palps which act as a device to sort and direct food particles to the mouth.
In addition to the function of gas exchange during respiration, the gills also trap and transport food particles to the labial palps.
However, the palps of dead males are fixed in an inflated state, making them hard to remove.
The gills are attached on each side of the visceral mass and extend from the attachment site of the labial palps to the anterior edge of the siphon septum.
The gills extend from the anterior end of the septum over the visceral mass to the labial palps effectively dividing the mantle cavity into suprabranchial and infrabranchial chambers.
The food travels through the gills to the palps and then to the mouth thanks to the rhythmic movements of thousands of small hairs found in the gills.
These cells may be producing a mucus substance that assists in entrapping food items that are then carried to the labial palps and mouth by ciliary action on other parts of the gill filaments.
He folded his razor neatly and with stroking palps of fingers felt the smooth skin.
Then, more or less connected with the maxillae, is the labium-hypopharynx, a complex structure with a pair of labial palps between which is located a tubular spinneret through which silk is extruded.
They extend from the attachment site of the labial palps to the anterior edge of the siphon septum and divide the mantle cavity into two regions, the suprabranchial chamber and the infrabranchial chamber.
The grasshopper senses touch through organs located in various parts of its body, including antennae and palps on the head, cerci on the abdomen, and receptors on the legs.
In the tsetse fly Glossina, the labium has become a fine, needlelike structure normally protected by a sheath formed from the palps of the lost maxillae.
The labial palps finally funnel the food into the mouth, where digestion begins.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
The maxillary palps are absent or vestigial, and a frenulum is usually present on the hindwing.
Left male palps in ventral view are used for describing the origin points of the embolus, apophyses and conductor on the tegulum.
One pair of palps located lateral to prostomium and median to peristomial ridges.
The palps are really derived from part of the velar area of the larva.
I had been restless, dreaming most disagreeably that I was drowned, and that sea anemones were feeling over my face with their soft palps.
Left male palps, retrolateral view demonstrate difference in the shape of rerolateral tibial apophyses.
The maxillae are also paired and equipped with palps for food manipulation.
Gonadal width was measured on the left side of the oyster from a cross-section made at the intersection of the gills and labial palps.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
5-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2024