neuromast
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
neuromast
- cyatocïde@fr
- lateral line neuromast
- neuromast organ
- neuromaste superficiel@fr
- neuromasts
efo_slim
relationship loss: part_of lateral line receptor organ (AAO:0001001)[AAO], relationship loss: subclass lateral line receptor (AAO:0010705)[AAO]
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], 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]
lateral line organ
uberon
UBERON:0008904
Term relations
- lateral line sense organ
- ectoderm-derived structure
- located_in some skin epidermis
- develops_from some lateral line placode
- transformation of some protoneuromast
- develops_from some protoneuromast
- part of some lateral line