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Record 1 2021-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Anatomy
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Fish
CONT

[A] bioelectric organ, also called [an] electric organ, [is a] system of tissues specialized for the production and use of electrical power in a living organism. Well developed in a wide variety of fishes, both marine and freshwater, indicating an early evolutionary development, bioelectric organs probably represent a specialization of a common bioelectrical capacity of all living cells.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anatomie animale
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Poissons
CONT

Chez les torpilles, deux organes électriques volumineux sont localisés juste sous la peau. Ils sont composés de plus de 150 000 plaques électriques, semblables à de miniscules piles qui, combinées, peuvent produire une décharge atteignant 37 volts.

Spanish

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