stylet
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Similar to a hypodermic needle, a nematode uses its stylet to pierce cells and pull out food -- in this case from the pseudoscorpion's hypodermis, part of the outer covering known as the integument.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 6, 2024
This was possible because the white stylet had no copper and therefore no electrical conductivity to be impeded by paring down the receiver in the first place.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
The stylet is akin to a tiny syringe evolved to penetrate skin and suck up blood from beneath.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2020
If you review the film, you can see the long, sharp stylet in the tardigrade’s head.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 16, 2013
If the cerebro-spinal fluid does not escape at once, a stylet should be passed through the needle to clear it of blood-clot or shreds of tissue.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
