Definitionn. a natural or surgical joining of parts or branches of tubular structures so as to make or become continuous
Last update: September 11, 2015
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Anastomosis: a running together; usually applied to wing veins, often to markings; sometimes used like stigma, q. [Please select]
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Stigma: a spiracle or breathing pore: a dense, often discolored portion of the costal margin of a wing, usually at the end of the radius; see anastomosis: in Diptera, a colored wing spot near the tip of the auxiliary vein: in Lepidoptera, the specialized patch of black scales on the primaries of Hesperidae. [Please select]
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Thyridium -ii: small, whitish or almost transparent spots near the anastomosis of the disc of the wings in some Neuroptera, or in the recurrent veins in the cubital cellule in some Hymenoptera; also the apical margin of the gastrocoeli, often alone visible: in Trichoptera, specifically, a hyaline spot on second fork of median vein. [Please select]
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