Sentence examples for radial threads from inspiring English sources

There, they built webs of the classic Charlotte's Web design, with concentric rings connected by radial threads; the spiders usually lurk at the center waiting for prey.

Dragline silk samples were taken from the radial threads of the orb web while flagelliform silk was collected from the sticky spiral of the web [21], [22], [23], [24].

Some webs contained a few secondary radii, radial threads that do not go all the way to the center of the web that are present also in some other giant orbwebs, such as Nephila and Nephilengys [30], [31].

For instance, orb weaving spiders spin significantly stronger and tougher dragline silk on average compared to other taxa, which may reflect the importance of the radial threads of orb webs in stopping the tremendous kinetic energy of flying insect prey (Table 1).

The internal structure of the silk was compared with those from spider Eriophora transmarina (Keyserling) (Araneida: Araneidae) radial thread and silkworm (Bombyx mori).

Earlier studies reported that the material for construction is mostly palmaris longus tendon and triceps aponeurosis, and the procedure is accomplished by drilling tunnels in the ulna, bypassing around the radial neck after threading the construction materials through the bone tunnel [ 32, 33].

These adaptations include, but are not limited to, the radial distribution of anchoring threads, the spatulate morphology of plaques, the stiff to compliant thread gradient, the reversible plastic deformation of threads in tension, and an outer protective coating called the cuticle composed of hard spherical granules (diam 0.2 to 1 μm) dispersed in a continuous compliant matrix.

Elos 1 had a short metacarpal screw which was fully threaded, as was the radial screw.

The Cdht-NC also possessed adequate mechanical resistance against radial compression, the pull-out of a suture thread, and loss of patency upon bending.

The water droplets pick out the intricate patterns of the web – the tough framing threads that hold it in position; the radial lines like spokes in a wheel along which the spider travels, and the sticky spiral of catching threads that trap unwary insects.

The linear threading technique itself can help remove fine radial rhytids, as the overlying skin stretches out.