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furcula2 CONSTRUCTSFurcula (entomology)HOPKIN · ENTOMOLOGYFurcula (ornithology)JENKINS · ORNITHOLOGY

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entomology

Forked ventral jumping organ of springtails (Collembola), held under tension against the body and released to catapult the animal.

In entomology, furcula refers to Forked ventral jumping organ of springtails (Collembola), held under tension against the body and released to catapult the animal. This meaning comes from Hopkin (1997) in Biology of the Springtails. Here furcula is not the wishbone, the fused paired clavicles of a bird that acts as a spring storing and releasing energy during the wingbeat.[1]

Unit
appendage (paired rami)
Recovery means
dissection / light microscopy
Measured by
presence, length (mm), jump distance

ornithology

The wishbone, the fused paired clavicles of a bird that acts as a spring storing and releasing energy during the wingbeat.

In ornithology, furcula refers to The wishbone, the fused paired clavicles of a bird that acts as a spring storing and releasing energy during the wingbeat. This meaning comes from Jenkins (1988) in Science. Here furcula is not forked ventral jumping organ of springtails (collembola), held under tension against the body and released to catapult the animal.[2]

Unit
bone
Recovery means
skeletal preparation / strain gauging
Measured by
interclavicular angle, strain (microstrain)

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References

  1. Hopkin, S. P. (1997). Biology of the Springtails. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198540847.001.0001
  2. Jenkins, F. A., Dial, K. P., & Goslow, G. E. (1988). A cineradiographic analysis of bird flight: The wishbone in starlings is a spring. Science, 241(4872), 1495-1498. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.241.4872.1495

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