ISSN:
1432-0878
Keywords:
Campaniform sensilla
;
Mechanoreceptors
;
Ultrastructure
;
Compound eye
;
Cricket
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Summary The structure of the campaniform sensilla of the cricket eye was investigated by light and electron microscopy. Each sensillum is innervated by a single bipolar neuron. Its axon extends through the retina into a side-branch of the nervus tegumentarius. The dendrite extends through a cuticular channel to the surface of the cornea. The distal part of the dendrite, the sensory process, contains a tubular body and is attached to a cuticular cap which is obliquely inserted into the exocuticle between the corneal lenslets. Some particular structural features as well as the function of the campaniform sensillum of the cricket eye are discussed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00236731
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