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What is a pecten?

What is a pecten? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (anatomy) The bones in the hand between the wrist and the fingers.
  2. (anatomy) The pubic bone.
  3. (anatomy) A comb structure.
  4. (zoology) One of the genus Pecten of scallops.
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The heavily pigmented, pleated pecten was identified in the ventrolateral aspect of the fundus, protruding into the vitreous.
On this day however a new structure appears, which remains permanently through life, and is known as the pecten.
Wilkens documented more eyes on the upper compared with the lower mantle of the single Bermuda scallop he sampled, and Dakin reported a similar pattern in Pecten opercular is.
Thus a Crepidula on a pecten shell will be ribbed while the same species on a stone will be perfectly smooth.
Found on pecten shells, and abundant off the coast of Maine.
A special sense-organ, such as the flabellum of Limulus or the pecten of scorpion, remains and gives rise to the auditory organ.

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