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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small organ of balance in many invertebrates, consisting of a fluid-filled sac containing statoliths that stimulate sensory cells and help indicate position when the animal moves.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An organ in certain animals, such as crustaceans and jellyfishes, which enables its owner to orient itself in a definite position with respect to gravity.
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- noun A
balance organ present in someaquatic invertebrates , consisting of asac -like structure containing astatolith and numerousinnervated setae .
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Examples
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However, sensory physiologist Hong Young Yan of the Taiwan National Academy of Science in Taipei, Taiwan suspected that octopus and squid might use another organ called the statocyst to register sound.
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The base of the first antennae houses a statocyst which is used for balance.
Crustacea 2008
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Their only conspicuous morphological feature, other than their cilia, is a statocyst for determining orientation.
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Their only conspicuous morphological feature, other than their cilia, is a statocyst for determining orientation.
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The shrimp with which he was experimenting innocently introduced iron filings into the statocyst.
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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CheHox1 expression; P: general view of the adult medusa; Q: higher magnification of the statocyst of the medusa delineated by the dotted line; R: Statocyst structure (delineated by dotted line) highlighted by immunohistochemistry, with dapi staining of nucleus in blue, anti-acetylated-α-tubulin immunostaining of cilia in green and anti-FMRF-amide immunostaining of nerve cells in red.
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The CheHox1 expressing cells are localised in the basal epithelium of the statocyst, near the bell margin (figure 2Q).
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Legends: bm: bell margin; cc: cilia of the circular canal digestive cells; csc: cilia of the statocyst sensory cells; er: external nerve ring; g: gonad; ir: internal nerve ring; m: manubrium; s: statocyst; t: tentacle; tb: tentacle bulb. figure 2A-E).
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