Pecten or pectin may refer to:
Pecten
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Pecten (biology)
A pecten (: pectens or pectines) is a comb-like structure, widely found in the biological world. Although pectens in various animals look similar, they have a varied range of uses, from grooming and filtering to sensory adaptations.
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, any comb like structure in animals
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''Pecten'' (bivalve), a genus of scallops
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Pecten (company)
Pecten or pectin may refer to:
Pecten Biology
* Pecten (biology), any comb like structure in animals
* ''Pecten'' (bivalve), a genus of scallops
* Pecten (company), a subsidiary of Sinopec
* Pecten oculi, a structure in the bird retina which c ...
, a subsidiary of
Sinopec
China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, or Sinopec Group, is a Chinese oil and gas enterprise based in Chaoyang District, Beijing. The SASAC administers China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation for the benefit of State Council of the ...
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Pecten oculi
The pecten or pecten oculi is a comb-like structure of blood vessels belonging to the choroid in the eye of a bird. It is a non- sensory, pigmented structure that projects into the vitreous humor from the point where the optic nerve enters the ...
, a structure in the bird retina which contains most of the vasculature
Other uses
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Pecten, Alberta
The Municipal District of Pincher Creek No. 9 is a municipal district (MD) in southwestern Alberta, Canada. Located in Census Division No. 3, its municipal office is located in the Town of Pincher Creek.
History
The MD of Pincher Creek No ...
, Canada
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Venus comb murex
The Venus comb murex, scientific name ''Murex pecten'', is a species of large predatory sea snail, a marine (ocean), marine gastropod mollusk in the family (biology), family Muricidae, the rock snails or murex snails. The gastropod shell, shell o ...
, after its scientific name ''Murex pecten''
Pectin
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Pectin
Pectin ( ': "congealed" and "curdled") is a heteropolysaccharide, a structural polymer contained in the primary lamella, in the middle lamella, and in the cell walls of terrestrial plants. The principal chemical component of pectin is galact ...
, a plant polysaccharide
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Pectineus muscle
The pectineus muscle (, from the Latin word ''pecten'', meaning comb) is a flat, quadrangular muscle, situated at the anterior (front) part of the upper and medial (inner) aspect of the thigh. The pectineus muscle is the most anterior adductor o ...
, a thigh muscle
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Pectinoidea
The Pectinoidea are a Taxonomic rank, superfamily of marine (ocean), marine bivalve molluscs, including the scallops and spiny oysters.Gofas, S. (2012). Pectinoidea. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.o ...
, a superfamily of bivalve mollusks which includes Pectinidae
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Pectinidae
Scallop () is a common name that encompasses various species of Marine (ocean), marine bivalve mollusc, molluscs in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomic Family (biology), family Pectinidae, the scallops. However, the common name "scallop" is also ...
, a family of bivalve mollusks
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Pecten albicans
''Pecten albicans'', common name Japanese baking scallop, is a species of marine bivalve mollusks in the family Pectinidae, the scallops.
Description
''Pecten albicans'' has a shell reaching a size of 95 mm, with about 12 radiating ribs. The co ...
'', Japanese baking scallop
*** ''Pecten excavatus''
*** ''Pecten sulcicostatus'', South African scallop
See also
* Pectineal line (disambiguation)
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