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BASICONIC SENSILLA [1 record]

Record 1 2015-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

The basiconic sensilla with one large pore, which are likely to function as contact chemoreceptors, usually have 3-5 receptor cells.

OBS

basiconic sensilla; sensilla basiconica: plural.

Key term(s)
  • basiconic sensilla
  • sensilla basiconica

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Chaque sensille basiconique est formé par une évagination de cuticule perforée qui contient en particulier des neurones bipolaires dont les dendrites baignent dans un liquide sensillaire, équivalent au mucus des voies olfactives des vertébrés.

Spanish

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