魚類學相關名詞中英對照
名詞 定義 
rib One of a series of long, thin bony rods articulating with the apophyses of the vertebrae and supporting the trunk musculature. The ventral ends are free. They consist of two types: the dorsal, epipleural or true ribs which arise from the transverse processes and lie in the transverse septum of the epaxial muscles (homologous to those in tetrapods) and the ventral, pleural, or pleuroperitoneal ribs which lie just outside of the body cavity. Pleural ribs are found in Elasmobranchii, pleural and dorsal ribs in Teleostomi; ribs are lacking in Holocephali. The intramuscular bones of the horizontal septum are homologous with dorsal ribs. Haemal ribs (q.v.) is a misnomer for the ventral ribs.  
肋骨 一系列長而細的竿狀骨,以關結與脊椎骨的突起連接,並且支撐著軀幹肌肉組織。在腹面的末端是分離的。它們有二種組合類型:橫斷突起上昇的背部上側板或真實的肋骨,以及存在於軸上肌肉上的橫隔膜 (相對應的是那些在四足動物中的)。腹側的、胸膜的或胸腹膜的肋骨正好位於體腔的外邊。胸膜的肋骨被發現於板鰓亞綱;胸膜的與背部的肋骨在真口魚類中;全頭亞綱是沒有肋骨的。模隔膜的肌肉內骨與背肋是相對應的。脈肋骨是腹側肋骨的一個錯誤名字。 
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