Difference between revisions of "chordotonal organ"
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|label=chordotonal organ | |label=chordotonal organ | ||
| − | |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]]. | + | |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
