Definition of Osphradium. Meaning of Osphradium. Synonyms of Osphradium

- The osphradium is a pigmented chemosensory epithelium patch in the mantle cavity present in six of the eight extant classes of molluscs (it is absent in...
- encloses a water space. This space contains the mollusk's gills, ****, osphradium, nephridiopores, and gonopores. The mantle cavity functions as a respiratory...
- ganglion; g. ctenidium; l. auricle; m. mouth; n. nephridial opening; o. osphradium; pa. parietal ganglion; pe. pedal ganglion; pl. pleural ganglion; v. ventricle...
- mechanoreceptors or chemoreceptors, in some cases located on short tentacles. The osphradium is a patch of sensory cells located below the posterior adductor muscle...
- slow-moving, and use a venomous harpoon to disable faster-moving prey. The osphradium in cone snails is more specialized than in other groups of gastropods...
- Ctenidia (gills) Hepatopancreas (digestive gland) Ink sac and ink Needham's sac Nephridia ("kidneys") Nidamental glands Osphradium Pericardial glands...
- tongue, used as a rasping tool. unpaired osphradium (olfactory organ). lateral ciliated zones of osphradium a single left hypobranchial gland (on organ...
- foot with sometimes a posterior mucous gland. Their olfactory organ, the osphradium is enlarged. In some species there are oesophageal pouches present. Their...
- gastropods have lost the ctenidium (comb-like respiratory apparatus) and osphradium, and the pallial cavity has been modified as a lung. According to the...
- gastropod. Another possible advantage for aquatic species is that moving the osphradium (olfactory sense organs) to an anterior position means they are sampling...