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[[File:Dicyema macrocephalum.png|thumb|100 px|right|''[[Dicyema]]'', a small parasite typically described as "vermiform"]] |
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'''Vermiform''' means something shaped like a [[worm]]. The expression is often employed in [[biology]] and [[anatomy]] to describe more or less tubular or cylindrical, usually soft body parts or animals. The word root is [[Latin]], ''vermes''-worms and ''formes''-shaped.<ref>{{cite book|last=Glare|first=edited by P.G.W.|title=[[Oxford Latin Dictionary]]|year=1982|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=0-19-864224-5|edition=Combined ed., repr. with corr.}}</ref> A well known example is the [[vermiform appendix]], a small, blind section of the gut in humans and a number of other [[mammal]]s.<ref name=SEAL09>{{cite journal | author = Smith H. F., Fisher R. E., Everett M. L., Thomas A. D., Bollinger, R. R., Parker W. | year = 2009 | title = Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic distribution of the mammalian cecal appendix | url = | journal = Journal of Evolutionary Biology | volume = 22 | issue = | pages = 1984–1999 | doi = 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01809.x | pmid=19678866}}</ref> |
'''Vermiform''' means something shaped like a [[worm]]. The expression is often employed in [[biology]] and [[anatomy]] to describe more or less tubular or cylindrical, usually soft body parts or animals. The word root is [[Latin]], ''vermes''-worms and ''formes''-shaped.<ref>{{cite book|last=Glare|first=edited by P.G.W.|title=[[Oxford Latin Dictionary]]|year=1982|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn=0-19-864224-5|edition=Combined ed., repr. with corr.}}</ref> A well known example is the [[vermiform appendix]], a small, blind section of the gut in humans and a number of other [[mammal]]s.<ref name=SEAL09>{{cite journal | author = Smith H. F., Fisher R. E., Everett M. L., Thomas A. D., Bollinger, R. R., Parker W. | year = 2009 | title = Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic distribution of the mammalian cecal appendix | url = | journal = Journal of Evolutionary Biology | volume = 22 | issue = | pages = 1984–1999 | doi = 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01809.x | pmid=19678866}}</ref> |
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A number of [[Soft-bodied organisms|oft-bodied]] animal [[phylum (biology)|phyla]] are typically described as vermiform. The more well known one are undoubtedly the [[Anellida|anellids]] (earthworm and relatives) and the [[Nematoda|roundworms]] (a very common, mainly parasitic group), but a number of less well known phyla answer to the same description, from the minute [[mesozoa]]ns to the larger bodied phyla like [[Nemertea|ribbon worms]], [[Nemertea|peanut worms]] and [[Priapulida|priapulids]]. |
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Revision as of 21:04, 6 April 2013
Vermiform means something shaped like a worm. The expression is often employed in biology and anatomy to describe more or less tubular or cylindrical, usually soft body parts or animals. The word root is Latin, vermes-worms and formes-shaped.[1] A well known example is the vermiform appendix, a small, blind section of the gut in humans and a number of other mammals.[2]
A number of oft-bodied animal phyla are typically described as vermiform. The more well known one are undoubtedly the anellids (earthworm and relatives) and the roundworms (a very common, mainly parasitic group), but a number of less well known phyla answer to the same description, from the minute mesozoans to the larger bodied phyla like ribbon worms, peanut worms and priapulids.
References
- ^ Glare, edited by P.G.W. (1982). Oxford Latin Dictionary (Combined ed., repr. with corr. ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-864224-5.
{{cite book}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ Smith H. F., Fisher R. E., Everett M. L., Thomas A. D., Bollinger, R. R., Parker W. (2009). "Comparative anatomy and phylogenetic distribution of the mammalian cecal appendix". Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22: 1984–1999. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01809.x. PMID 19678866.
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