• It is characterized by a long, cylindrical body, two antennae on the head, two pairs of wings folded against the abdomen, and two long sensory organs on the back. (a-z-animals.com)
  • Later on studies identified additional members of this family in sensory appendages such as antennae, labial palps and legs in a variety of bugs [10]C[11]. (woofahs.com)
  • Pupal stage of holometabolous insects in which developing appendages (antennae, wings, legs, etc.) are held tightly against the body by a shell-like casing. (ncsu.edu)
  • The head features compound eyes, sensory antennae, and modified appendages which serve as mouthparts. (allthescience.org)
  • The sensory system consists of two antennae like appendages called cerci that are situated at the rear of the cricket's abdomen. (wright.edu)
  • Its sensory organs inform crude appendages that know how to do nothing but squeeze, smash, stomp, kidnap, and explode the targets of its interest without apology or feeling. (blogspot.com)
  • Although their specific function remains uncertain, OS-D-like members have been isolated from sensory organs (including the sensillum lymph in some cases), and a role in olfaction similar to that of the insect odorant binding proteins (OBP) has been suggested for some.We have identified 15 new OS-Dlike sequences: four from cDNA clones described herein and 11 from sequencedatabases. (gc.ca)
  • In the absence of eyes, it will use two tentacles on top of its head as sensory organs to help it locate food, and others of its kind. (liveaquaria.com)
  • Plus, when they are moulting, tarantulas can also replace internal organs , and even regrow lost appendages. (sciencealert.com)
  • It was this pink creature with four bony appendages & a small domed nob which appeared to contain sensory organs & a primitive orifice for intake of nutriments. (foldingstory.com)
  • Their main functional implication is transformation of a brief sensory input from a prey into a lasting prey capture response. (jneurosci.org)
  • First, they transfer a short burst of activity into a prolonged motoneuron discharge, and thereby into a lasting behavioral response-protraction of the prey capture appendages. (jneurosci.org)
  • Uses powerful appendages to strike prey with forceful blows, capable of breaking through shells. (theuberfacts.com)
  • Impales prey with pointed appendages that can penetrate tough exoskeletons. (theuberfacts.com)
  • The final product is free of any external parasites, and it comes with brand new sensory and protective hairs. (sciencealert.com)
  • These hairs are innervated by sensory neurons which relay wind direction information to the terminal abdominal ganglion (TAG) forming a map of direction sensitivity [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • When the hair deflects due to the drag force induced on its length by a moving air-current, the spiking activity of the neuron and the combined spiking activity of all hairs are extracted by the cercal sensory system. (wright.edu)
  • Epidermal appendages are intradermal epithelial structures lined with epithelial cells with the potential for division and differentiation. (medscape.com)
  • In this study, the cercal sensory system of a common house cricket has been analyzed. (wright.edu)
  • This is significant chiefly because it acknowledges that every "local" police agency in the United States is now a sensory organ, and enforcement appendage, of the Homeland Security State. (blogspot.com)
  • In both systems, unilateral sensory disruption leads the central circuitry to compensate by forming and/or strengthening connections with the contralateral sensory organ. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Institut Pasteur scientists have tried to unravel the mechanisms controlling the length of the appendages in the hope of improving diagnosis of these complex medical conditions and perhaps developing new therapeutic approaches. (pasteur.fr)
  • Paired sensory appendages on the rear-most segments of some "primitive" insects. (ncsu.edu)
  • They trail their eight appendages behind them as they swim. (wikipedia.org)
  • Comparing and contrasting the two different compensatory strategies in use in these sensory systems will provide insights into the various mechanisms nervous systems can employ to recover from damage. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Crickets also show compensatory plasticity in escape responses after unilateral removal of one of the wind-sensitive appendages known as a cercus, though this compensation relies on synaptic strength alterations [ 9 ] instead of obvious anatomical reorganization. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The hand is innervated by 3 nerves - the median, ulnar, and radial nerves - each of which has sensory and motor components. (medscape.com)
  • In front of their four walking legs, both spider males and females have another pair of appendages, the pedipalps. (github.io)
  • Recent research indicates that the skin and its appendages are both a target of key stress mediators (such as corticotropin releasing hormone [CRH], cortisol, catecholamines, prolactin, substance P, and nerve growth factor) and a source of these classic immunomodulatory mediators of the response to psychologic stress. (psychiatrictimes.com)
  • They also have barbels, whisker-like appendages which provide them with a great deal of sensory information. (tropicalfishexpert.co.uk)
  • Epithelial appendages are located deep within the dermis. (medscape.com)
  • Hairs situated near the joints are stimulated by body movements and thus provide a sense of the position of the joint or appendage during locomotion or flight. (britannica.com)
  • Living cells use long tubular appendages for locomotion and sensory purposes. (mpg.de)
  • For locomotion, each body segment bears a pair of joint appendages (legs). (cbsetuts.com)
  • Supporting structures called distal and subdistal appendages, which are like the flying buttresses supporting Notre Dame Cathedral, anchor the platform in the basal body, priming it for the growth of cilia. (nih.gov)
  • Each ommatidium contains six to eight sensory receptors arranged under a cornea and refractile cone and is surrounded by pigment cells, which adjust the intensity of light. (britannica.com)
  • This sensillum has two acoustic sensory receptors, called A cells. (britannica.com)
  • These appendages are not there for cosmetic reasons, they contain 25,000 tiny sensory receptors. (purepest.com)
  • The supraesophageal and subesophageal ganglia control the head appendages in response to sensory input received from receptors. (blablawriting.net)
  • The new analysis by the U of T-ROM researchers suggests that Habelia optata was instead a close relative of the ancestor of all chelicerates, the other sub-group of arthropods living today, named for the presence of appendages called chelicerae in front of the mouth and used to cut food. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Which brings up the question, what is it that makes arthropods so appendage-happy? (somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com)
  • Arthropods are basically modular - a string of repeated segments, with each segment having a couple of appendages on it. (somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com)
  • And, at least in the early arthropods, it was a relatively minor and harmless mutation for them to just add or delete segments, which meant that they could quickly run the numbers of appendages up and down in response to whatever environment they found themselves in. (somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com)
  • The new worms had an appendage with sensory cilia - tiny hair-like structures - on their backs. (eurekalert.org)
  • Cilia and flagella - cellular projections attached to the membrane - are involved in numerous processes, for example sensory signal reception or cell movement. (pasteur.fr)
  • Researchers at the National Eye Institute (NEI) have described the functions of a gene responsible for anchoring cilia - sensory hair-like extensions present on almost every cell of the body. (nih.gov)
  • Cilia are responsible for cell communication and play a key role in the receptor cells of sensory systems. (nih.gov)
  • The head of Habelia contained a series of five appendages made of a large plate with teeth for mastication, a leg-like branch with stiff bristle-like spines for grasping, and an elongate, slender branch modified as a sensory or tactile appendage. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The tactile recoptors are widley distributed on appendages and joint as they function as equilibrium, balance, and position senses. (blablawriting.net)
  • There are no anal cirri (slender sensory appendages). (wikipedia.org)
  • It has also revealed a dorsal appendage that represents an evolutionarily novel feature acquired by A. oni . (eurekalert.org)
  • The next 8 pairs are Thoracic appendages. (biozoomer.com)
  • The thoracic appendages include six pairs of walking legs, arranged in three rows along the midline of the worm. (hedgethebook.com)
  • The research illustrates that the well-armored body of Habelia optata, covered in a multitude of different spines, was divided into head, thorax, and post-thorax, all bearing different types of appendages. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The thorax displays five pairs of walking legs, while the post-thorax houses rounded appendages likely used in respiration. (scitechdaily.com)
  • But a major difference is that scorpions and sea scorpions, like all chelicerates, literally 'walk on their heads,' while Habelia still had walking appendages in its thorax. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Crickets have two sensory appendages called cerci at the tip of the abdomen. (espacepourlavie.ca)
  • In the abdomen the appendages are attached to small plate, called Epimeron on the pleuron. (biozoomer.com)
  • Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease encompasses a group of disorders called hereditary sensory and motor neuropathies that damage the peripheral nerves. (medlineplus.gov)
  • Peripheral nerves connect the brain and spinal cord to muscles and to sensory cells that detect sensations such as touch, pain, heat, and sound. (medlineplus.gov)
  • The hand is innervated by 3 nerves - the median, ulnar, and radial nerves - each of which has sensory and motor components. (medscape.com)
  • The hand is also outfitted with sensors that create sensory feedback between the patient's own nerves and any object that the bionic hand engages with. (msdmanuals.com)
  • This complex apparatus of appendages and jaws made Habelia an exceptionally fierce predator for its size," said Aria. (scitechdaily.com)
  • The mouth of crayfish is surrounded by oral appendages - jaws and nogochelyusty. (allfishes.org)
  • A team of researchers there wanted to study whether the mole's curious looking nose, comprising 22 sensory appendages resembling a star, could detect electric fields. (nih.gov)
  • Sensory appendages used for detecting scents and pheromones. (petbrilliant.com)
  • The ability of locusts to associate appealing scents with rewards shed light on how sensory signals are processed as soon as they enter the brain. (leisurenewshubb.com)
  • Characterization of neural input from multiple sensory appendages provides not only an understanding of the functional specialization of the appendage, but also a view through the chemosensory window used by the insect to image and respond behaviorally to its environment. (confex.com)
  • On either side of the middle row of legs, there are five pairs of smaller appendages known as paranota, which function as parapodia and allow the animal to move forward while remaining stationary. (hedgethebook.com)
  • A Swedish woman who lost her right hand in a farming accident more than 20 years ago has successfully been outfitted with a first-of-its-kind bionic appendage, a team of Swedish, Australian, Italian and American researchers reports in the Oct. 11 issue of the journal Science Robotics . (msdmanuals.com)
  • As a northerly distributed insectivorous mammal occupying both aquatic and terrestrial habitats, this sensory appendage is regularly exposed to cold water and thermally conductive soil, leading us to ask whether the surface temperature, a proxy for blood flow to the star, conforms to the local ambient temperature to conserve body heat," they wrote . (iflscience.com)
  • This information is then processed by several neural circuits that convert these sensory signals to behavior. (leisurenewshubb.com)
  • This is mostly due to the overall anatomy of the head in Habelia, and the presence of two small chelicerae-like appendages revealed in these fossils. (scitechdaily.com)
  • Since we don't have fossils of this particular ancestor, we don't know whether it was the segments or the appendages that came first (but for our purposes, let's assume that it was appendages). (somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com)
  • Those are relics of fully-formed appendages, as chelicerates seem to originally have had heads with no less than seven pairs of limbs. (scitechdaily.com)
  • First 5 pairs are called Cephalic appendages. (biozoomer.com)
  • The animal kingdom includes species with highly developed sensory systems, such as keen eyesight, acute hearing, and an extraordinary sense of smell. (philosophynews.com)
  • According to the study's readings, the many appendages of the nose conformed to the environmental temperature, meaning its surface temperature fluctuated and wasn't being maintained by thermoregulation. (iflscience.com)
  • Protruding from each hair cell is a tall bundle of stiff appendages, called stereocilia, that capture vibrations and enable the chicken to hear everything from grain being poured into a feeder to the footsteps of a wily fox. (nih.gov)
  • and a lower portion termed the siphosome, bearing appendages which are nutritive, reproductive or simply protective in function. (yourdictionary.com)
  • the podia (absent only in some exceptional forms) may be locomotor , respiratory or sensory in function, but usually are locomotor tube-feet. (yourdictionary.com)
  • Antenna is sensory, excretory and balancing in function. (biozoomer.com)
  • We also don't know what the function of these appendages might have been. (somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com)
  • Gastropods ordinarily have a well defined head with two or four sensory limbs with eyes, and a ventral foot, The first division of the foot is called the propodium [ 2 ]. (alliedacademies.org)
  • Animals possess a remarkable array of sensory and cognitive abilities that allow them to interact with their environment, navigate complex landscapes, and solve problems. (philosophynews.com)
  • In addition to their sensory abilities, animals exhibit a wide range of cognitive abilities. (philosophynews.com)
  • In the evaluation of walking and sensory abilities, it was shown that Lin28 treatment translated into significant improvements in coordination and sensation. (spinalcordinjuryzone.com)
  • but if we regard the portion back from the "ears" or sensory lobes as tail, much of this head really proves to be something else. (nhmag.com)
  • Now, if we consider the fore part of the animal as the head, including the mouth as usual, we find that most of the planarian is head, In fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, there is probably no part of the physiognomy that has been subjected to a more interesting series of variations and uses than this appendage. (nhmag.com)
  • These appendages bear short, blunt claws and are covered with numerous small sensory papillae. (hedgethebook.com)
  • Studies of dermal wound healing, normal and impaired, as well as studies of diseases related to cutaneous vasculature and neuroendocrine/sensory functions are also parts of this portfolio. (nih.gov)
  • It's star-shaped rostrum is made up of 22 nasal appendages that it uses to snuffle through water and soil in search of food. (iflscience.com)
  • The snouts on a star-nosed mole are adorned with 22 fleshy appendages- when looked at from certain angles, these appendages resemble the points on a star. (purepest.com)
  • Neurons contain structural appendages called axons which form connections with each other throughout the brain and greater parts of the body. (spinalcordinjuryzone.com)
  • Some of the Ecdysozoans pretty much stayed with this body plan, becoming long, thin, and practically appendage-free. (somethingscrawlinginmyhair.com)
  • Like dogs and humans salivating, locusts use sensory appendages close to their mouths called palps to grab food. (leisurenewshubb.com)
  • Institut Pasteur scientists have tried to unravel the mechanisms controlling the length of the appendages in the hope of improving diagnosis of these complex medical conditions and perhaps developing new therapeutic approaches. (pasteur.fr)
  • What kind of 'rulers' and 'timers' does the cell use for constructing its appendages of correct length on time? (mpg.de)
  • Because it moves speech from the oral- aural to a new sensory world, that of vision, it transforms speech and thought as well. (perell.com)