A scute (/skjuːt/ⓘ) or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle, the skin of crocodilians, and the feet of birds. The term is also used to describe the anterior portion of the mesonotum in insects as well as some arachnids (e.g., the family Ixodidae, the scale ticks).
A scute (/skjuːt/ ) or scutum (Latin: scutum; plural: scuta "shield") is a bony external plate or scale overlaid with horn, as on the shell of a turtle...
shell there may be a cervical scute (sometimes incorrectly called a nuchal scute) however the presence or absence of this scute is highly variable, even within...
Achaete-scute homolog 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ASCL1 gene. Because it was discovered subsequent to studies on its homolog in Drosophila...
The scute-snouted calyptotis (Calyptotis scutirostrum) is a species of skink found in New South Wales and Queensland in Australia. Shea, G.; Wilson, S...
mesoplastra, which separates them from the Pelomedusidae. The cervical scute is usually present, though it is absent in some species of Elseya and Myuchelys...
"shield". It is used for the following: Scutum (shield), the Roman shield Scute, a zootomical term Scudo (disambiguation), various currencies This disambiguation...
scute, and the supracaudal is undivided, and curved inward in the male; the shields are strongly striated concentrically. The first vertebral scute is...
in nature Exhibition of snakeskins in Museo viviente in Puebla, Mexico Scute Mattison, Christopher (2007). The New Encyclopedia of Snakes. Princeton:...
were each covered by a single keratinized scute, unlike osteoderms of armadillos, which have more than one scute. A study of pampathere jaw biomechanics...
herbivorous and were obligate quadrupeds, with leaf-shaped teeth and robust, scute-covered bodies. Ankylosaurids possess a distinctly domed and short snout...
the former have lost the plesiomorphic pre-maxillary teeth and lateral scute rows along the trunk. Furthermore, stegosaurids as have long narrow skulls...
around the margin and "vertebrals" over the vertebral column, though the scute that overlays the neck is called the "cervical". "Pleurals" are present...
France from the mid-17th century through the 19th century. A galiote, or scute, also was a type of flat-bottomed boat with a simple sail that traveled...
Achaete-scute complex homolog 2 (Drosophila), also known as ASCL2, is an imprinted human gene. This gene is a member of the basic helix-loop-helix (BHLH)...
Permian Shangshihezi Formation of China. It is known from a single bony scute from Jiyuan in Henan province, ascribed to the type species Jiyuanitectum...
blotches, or dark brown or black with a yellow blotch along the lateral scute borders. The bridge is either yellow with dark seam borders and dark spots...
Hence the name, which in Latin means "water shield". In zoology, the term scute or scutum is used for a flat and hardened part of the anatomy of an animal...
isolate the first four genes of this complex: achaete (ac), scute (sc), lethal of scute (lsc) and asense (ase). Another proneural gene, atonal (ato)...
flesh is distinguished from tougher body structures such as bone, shell and scute, respectively. In plants, the "flesh" is the juicy, edible structures such...
destruction and fragmentation. Identification: a scute right behind the head is absent and the second scute along the vertebral column is located at the highest...
cryptlib Encryption Toolkit, Peter Gutmann, retrieved 2015-11-28 With Scute, scute.org With GnuPG's SCdaemon & gpg-agent, gnupg.org With an libp11 engine...
its back and tail. Individuals can be identified by using multiple dorsal scute patterns.Its snout is elongated and includes a strong pair of jaws. A 3...
carapace's midline, while five pairs of costal scutes border them. The nuchal scute is located at the base of the head. The carapace connects to the plastron...
northern Mexico. There is also a report describing a possible Deinosuchus scute from Colorado. Deinosuchus fossils are most abundant in the Gulf Coastal...