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JACOBSONS ORGAN [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • The Nose (Medicine)
Universal entry(ies)
organum vomeronasale
Latin
DEF

A short rudimentary canal just above the vomeronasal cartilage, opening in the side of the nasal septum and passing from there blindly upward and backward.

OBS

vomeronasal organ; organum vomeronasale: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Nez (Médecine)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
organum vomeronasale
Latin
OBS

organe voméronasal : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

organum vomeronasale : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
  • Mammals
CONT

Jacobson's organ, also called [the] vomeronasal organ, [is] an organ of chemoreception that is part of the olfactory system of amphibians, reptiles, and mammals, although it does not occur in all tetrapod groups. It is a patch of sensory cells within the main nasal chamber that detects heavy moisture-borne odour particles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
  • Mammifères
DEF

Organe olfactif des vertébrés tétrapodes, s'ouvrant au plafond de la bouche.

Spanish

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