PEDICLE

'Pedicle' or 'pedicel' may refer to:

★ Pedicle (anatomy), the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body. See also pedicle of vertebral arch

★ Pedicle (radiography) is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures

★ Pedicle (zoology), a fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve mollusks to a substrate

★ Pedicel (botany), the stalk of an individual flower

★ Pedicle (cervidae), the attachment point for antlers in cervids

★ Pedicel (antenna), the second segment of the antenna in the class Insecta, where the Johnston's organ is found

★ Pedicel or petiole (insect), the stem formed by a restricted abdominal segment which connects the thorax with the gaster (the remaining abdominal segments) in the suborder Apocrita; see also petiole

★ Congo Pedicle, an area of DR Congo jutting into Zambia

★ Zaire Pedicle, used for 'Congo Pedicle' during the time that DR Congo was called Zaire

★ Congo Pedicle road, serving Zambian provinces either side of the Congo Pedicle