Definition of Campaniform. Meaning of Campaniform. Synonyms of Campaniform

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Definition of Campaniform

Campaniform
Campaniform Cam*pan"i*form, a. [LL. campana bell + -form: cf. F. companiforme.] Bell-shaped.

Meaning of Campaniform from wikipedia

- Campaniform sensilla are a class of mechanoreceptors found in insects, which respond to local stress and strain within the animal's cuticle. Campaniform...
- Coriolis effect. The insect detects this force with sensory organs called campaniform sensilla and chordotonal organs located at the base of the halteres and...
- organs able to detect stimuli including limb position (proprioception) by campaniform sensilla, light, water, chemicals (senses of taste and smell), sound...
- Similarly, invertebrates have a mechanism to determine limb load: the Campaniform sensilla. These proprioceptors are active when a limb experiences resistance...
- basionic, coeloconic, placodea) Mechanoreceptors (e.g.: bristle sensilla, campaniform sensilla, hair plates, chordotonal neurons) Thermoreceptors Hygroreceptors...
- trigger muscle activity. Insect and arthropod mechanoreceptors include: Campaniform sensilla: Small domes in the exoskeleton that are distributed all along...
- on the cerci at the tip of the abdomen. There are special receptors (campaniform sensillae) embedded in the cuticle of the legs that sense pressure and...
- III; pottery; c. 5300 – c. 4700 BC; Louvre Museum AO 29598 Ubaid III; campaniform pottery; c. 5300 – c. 4700 BC; Louvre Museum AO 29598 Ubaid III; pottery;...
- found on insect wings: gustatory bristles, mechanosensory bristles, campaniform sensilla, and chordotonal organs. These sensors provide the nervous system...
- direction within each order. The arachnid slit sensilla corresponds to the campaniform sensilla found in insects. Slit sensilla tend to be widely distributed...