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Record 1 2021-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • The Ear
  • Birds
CONT

A mechanoreceptive sense organ in the middle ear of birds and other tetrapods.

OBS

... the paratympanic organ is homologous with the spiracular sense organ of fishes.

Key term(s)
  • Vitali's organ

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Oreille
  • Oiseaux
CONT

Bien que n'agissant pas directement sur les échanges de chaleur, la pression atmosphérique est un autre élément important à considérer dans l'étude des relations entre le climat et le budget énergétique des oiseaux. En effet, les oiseaux ont un récepteur dans l'oreille moyenne (l'organe paratympanique ou organe de Vitali) capable de détecter de très subtils changements de pression barométrique [...]

Spanish

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