Difference between revisions of "myochordotonal organ"

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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a proprioceptor at the proximal end of the meropodite, a flat membrane lying between the skeleton and sheath of the accessory flexor muscle of the carpus, with distal bipolar sensory cells passing through the membrane and attached to the skeleton; having scolopidia similar to the insect chordotonal organs.
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|definition=([[Arthropoda]]: [[Crustacea]]) In Decapoda, a [[proprioceptor]] at the [[proximal]] end of the [[meropodite]], a flat [[membrane]] lying between the [[skeleton]] and [[sheath]] of the [[accessory]] [[flexor]] [[muscle]] of the [[carpus]], with [[distal]] [[bipolar]] [[sensory cell]]s passing through the [[membrane]] and attached to the [[skeleton]]; having scolopidia similar to the insect chordotonal organs.
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Latest revision as of 23:35, 13 September 2013

myochordotonal organ: (Arthropoda: Crustacea) In Decapoda, a proprioceptor at the proximal end of the meropodite, a flat membrane lying between the skeleton and sheath of the accessory flexor muscle of the carpus, with distal bipolar sensory cells passing through the membrane and attached to the skeleton; having scolopidia similar to the insect chordotonal organs.