Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:
Human anatomy
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Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
*Pedicle of a
skin flap (medicine)
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Hilum of kidney, also called the renal pedicle
*Pedicel, a foot process of a renal
podocyte
Non-human anatomy
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Pedicle in brachiopods, a fleshy line used to attach and anchor brachiopods and some bivalve mollusks to a substrate
*Pedicle (cervidae), the attachment point for
antler
Antlers are extensions of an animal's skull found in members of the Cervidae (deer) family. Antlers are a single structure composed of bone, cartilage, fibrous tissue, skin, nerves, and blood vessels. They are generally found only on male ...
s in cervids
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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
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Pedicel (spider), the narrow segment connecting the
cephalothorax
The cephalothorax, also called prosoma in some groups, is a tagma of various arthropods, comprising the head and the thorax fused together, as distinct from the abdomen behind. (The terms ''prosoma'' and ''opisthosoma'' are equivalent to ''cepha ...
with the abdomen
Other
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Pedicel (botany), the stalk of an individual flower
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Congo Pedicle
The Congo Pedicle (at one time referred to as the Zaire Pedicle; in French ', meaning 'Katanga boot') is the southeast salient of the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which divides neighbouring Zambia into two lobes. In a ...
, an area of DR Congo jutting into Zambia
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Zaire Pedicle, used for 'Congo Pedicle' during the time that DR Congo was called Zaire
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Congo Pedicle road, serving Zambian provinces either side of the Congo Pedicle
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