tegmen in English

noun
1
a covering structure or roof of an organ, in particular.
These species are notable for the plesiomorphic retention of venation (albeit already quite reduced) in their tegmina , segmented cerci, and pentamerous tarsi.

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1. The superior wall or roof of the mastoid Antrum is known as the tegmen mastoideum, which continues anteriorly as the tegmen tympani.

2. Usually parts of the testa or tegmen form a hard protective mechanical layer.

3. The Ambulacral groove with its many cilia and hydraulically driven tube feet manipulate captured food down the Ambulacral grooves along the arms down to the mouth, situated at the tegmen which is positioned at the base of the arms.

4. They included twelve genera and proposed five synapomorphies for the tribe: presence of a pair of mammae on the chest; a long palate marked by posterolateral palatal pits, perforations near the third molar; absence of an alisphenoid strut, which in some sigmodontines separates two foramina (openings) in the skull; absence of a suspensory process of the squamosal bone attached to the roof of the tympanic cavity, the tegmen tympani; and absence of a gall bladder.