Cutting thefrenulacaused the pedalia to contract but seemed not to affect the ability to swim.FromProject Gutenberg
No evidence is given that thefrenulaor the velarium can impart their contractions to other tissue, though this seems probable for the former.FromProject Gutenberg
The piece in which he did get contractions he suspects may have been intimately associated with some part of thefrenulaor the suspensoria.FromProject Gutenberg
Small pieces cut from between the pedalium corners and thefrenula, so as to have tissue on them from neither, could contract by themselves.FromProject Gutenberg
Cutting thefrenulaseemed not to affect the ability to swim well.FromProject Gutenberg
Underlying the epithelium of thefrenulaand the suspensoria are ganglion cells and nerve fibers in larger numbers than elsewhere (excepting the ganglia mentioned) in the subumbrella.FromProject Gutenberg
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