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|label=chordotonal organ
|definition=Subcuticular sense organs of insects and perhaps nematodes that consist of one to several hundred chordotonal sensilla (scolopidia); attached to the cuticle that function as mechanoreceptors; abundant in tympanal organs; a scolopophorus organ.
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|definition=Subcuticular [[sense organ]]s of [[insects]] and perhaps [[nematodes]] that consist of one to several hundred chordotonal [[sensilla]] (scolopidia); attached to the [[cuticle]] that [[function]] as mechanoreceptors; abundant in [[tympanal organs]]; a [[scolopophorus organ]].
 
|see also=[[tympanal organ]], [[myochordotonal organ]]
 
|see also=[[tympanal organ]], [[myochordotonal organ]]
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Latest revision as of 23:31, 13 September 2013

chordotonal organ: Subcuticular sense organs of insects and perhaps nematodes that consist of one to several hundred chordotonal sensilla (scolopidia); attached to the cuticle that function as mechanoreceptors; abundant in tympanal organs; a scolopophorus organ.

See also: tympanal organ, myochordotonal organ