Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

244Maggenti and Gardnercorpus n.; pl. corpora [L. corpus, body] 1. A body or structure.2. (ARTHRO: Insecta) a. The body. b. In many Collembola,the basal part of the minute pair of appendages onthe 3rd abdominal segment; the appendages themselvesknown as the retinaculum or hamula. 3. (NEMATA) Themost anterior part of the esophagus, usually cylindrical inshape, but may be subdivided into a slender anterior portion(procorpus) followed by a swollen, often valved, bulb(metacorpus).corpus adiposum The fat-body.corpus centrale (ARTHRO: Insecta) The central "body" of abrain, anterior or ventral to the pons cerebralis.corpuscle n. [L. dim. corpus, body] A small cell floating freelyin a fluid such as blood or lymph or embedded in an intercellularmatrix.corpuscular a. [L. dim. corpus, body] Pertaining to the natureof or composed of corpuscles or particles.corpus esophagi see corpuscorpus luteum (ARTHRO: Insecta) The mass of degeneratingfollicle epithelium left in an egg chamber after discharge ofthe egg, that sometimes persists and becomes compressedto form a new plug at the entrance to the pedicel.corpus mandibulae (ARTHRO: Insecta) The mandibular body.corpus scolopale see scolopalecorrelated characters Features or qualities associated eitheras manifestations of a well-integrated ancestral gene complex,or because they are functionally correlated.correlated response A change in one character (phenotype)occurring as an incidental consequence of selection for aseemingly independent character, such as reduced fertilityresulting from selection for high bristle number in pomaceor vinegar flies ( Drosophila ).correlation n. [LL. correlatio, relationship] 1. The act or processof correlating. 2. The degree to which statistical variablesmeasure the association of two or more variables. a.Correlation coefficient (r) has a value from zero to -1 or+1.