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Ligament (bivalve)

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A hinge ligament is a crucial part of the anatomical structure of a bivalve shell, i.e. the shell of a bivalve mollusk. [1]

22 relations: Abductin, Adductor muscles (bivalve), Anatomy, Aragonite, Bivalve shell, Bivalvia, Collagen, Evolution, Hinge line, Infrared spectroscopy, Iridescence, Malacology, Mollusca, Paleontology, Phylogenetics, Protein, Resilifer, Resilium, Scallop, Scanning electron microscope, Umbo (bivalve), Valve (mollusc).

Abductin

Abductin is a natural elastic protein that is found in the hinge ligament of bivalve mollusks.

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Adductor muscles (bivalve)

The adductor muscles are the main muscular system in bivalve mollusks, i.e. in clams, scallops, mussels, oysters, etc.

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Anatomy

Anatomy (Greek anatomē, “dissection”) is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts.

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Aragonite

Aragonite is a carbonate mineral, one of the two most common, naturally occurring, crystal forms of calcium carbonate, CaCO3 (the other forms being the minerals calcite and vaterite).

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Bivalve shell

A bivalve shell is part of the body, the exoskeleton or shell, of a bivalve mollusk.

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Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Collagen

Collagen is the main structural protein in the extracellular space in the various connective tissues in animal bodies.

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Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Hinge line

A hinge line is an imaginary longitudinal line along the dorsal edge of the shell of a bivalve mollusk where the two valves hinge or articulate.

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Infrared spectroscopy

Infrared spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy or vibrational spectroscopy) involves the interaction of infrared radiation with matter.

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Iridescence

Iridescence (also known as goniochromism) is the phenomenon of certain surfaces that appear to gradually change colour as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes.

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Malacology

Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods.

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Mollusca

Mollusca is a large phylum of invertebrate animals whose members are known as molluscs or mollusksThe formerly dominant spelling mollusk is still used in the U.S. — see the reasons given in Gary Rosenberg's.

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Paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: φυλή, φῦλον – phylé, phylon.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules, or macromolecules, consisting of one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Resilifer

A resilifer is a part of the shell of certain bivalve mollusks.

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Resilium

A resilium is an anatomical term for part of the shell of certain bivalve mollusks.

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Scallop

Scallop is a common name that is primarily applied to any one of numerous species of saltwater clams or marine bivalve mollusks in the taxonomic family Pectinidae, the scallops.

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Scanning electron microscope

A scanning electron microscope (SEM) is a type of electron microscope that produces images of a sample by scanning the surface with a focused beam of electrons.

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Umbo (bivalve)

The umbo (plural umbones or umbos) is the vaguely defined, often most prominent, highest part of each valve of the shell of a bivalve or univalve mollusk.

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Valve (mollusc)

A mollusc valve is each articulating part of the shell of a mollusc.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ligament_(bivalve)

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