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ELECTROPLAXE [1 record]

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Record 1 1989-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Cytology
  • Fish
DEF

electroplax: one of the structural units of an electric organ of some fishes, composed of thin flattened plates of modified muscle that appear as two large, wafer-like, roughly circular or rectangle surfaces

OBS

These cells are elongated, flattened plates closely stacked together.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Cytologie
  • Poissons
DEF

(élément structural de l') organe présent chez certains poissons, appelés «poissons électriques», qui a la propriété d'émettre des décharges brèves d'électricité avec des potentiels pouvant atteindre 500 volts.

OBS

l'électroplaque a la même structure embryonnaire que la fibre nerveuse et est l'unité principale formant l'organe électrique.

Spanish

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