Descriptor : Direction of carcass canals (OW/SW)
Descriptor type : categorical
NB: Convention: Tube begins on intervallum side.
Canal: Pore modified by skeletal structure thikening or by lintels streching. Canal length is greater than perforation diameter.
Lintel: Skeletal structure separating and bounding adjacent pores.
OW: Outer wall.
SW: Single wall.
Carcass: Part of wall on intervallum side.
- Upwardly opening
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Upwardly opening: Opening on intervallum side is lower down than the other one.
Upwardly projecting
- Downwardly opening
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Downwardly opening: Opening on intervallum side is higher than the other one.
Downwardly projecting
- Horizontal opening
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Horizontal opening: Opening on intervallum side is as high as the other one.
Horizontal opening
Horizontal opening
Hierarchy
Carcass perforations: outer wall or single wall (OW/SW) | |_ Direction of carcass canals (OW/SW)