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neuromast

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Volcano-shaped lateral line sensory organ located in characteristic positions within the skin epithelium and containing hair cells and their support elements. [ http://zfin.org/ZDB-PUB-961014-576 ]

Term info

Label

neuromast

Synonyms
  • lateral line neuromast
  • neuromast organ
  • neuromasts
database cross reference
Subsets

efo_slim

axiom lost from external ontology

relationship loss: part_of lateral line receptor organ (AAO:0001001)[AAO], relationship loss: subclass lateral line receptor (AAO:0010705)[AAO]

external definition

Volcano-shaped lateral line sensory organ located in characteristic positions within the skin epithelium and containing hair cells and their support elements. Kimmel et al, 1995. (Also see Anatomical Atlas entry for lateral line by T. Whitfield.)[TAO], Type of mechanoreceptive organ of the lateral line which are arranged in lines on the body surface. These organs are constituted by hair cells and supporting cells and it is located in the epidermis with its hair cells exposed to the surface. Absent in some caecilians. These receptors receive afferent and efferent innervations.[AAO]

has broad synonym

lateral line organ

id

UBERON:0008904