Definition of Neuromasts

1. neuromast [n] - See also: neuromast

Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuromasts

neurolysin
neurolysins
neurolysis
neurolytic
neurolytic block
neuroma
neuroma cutis
neuroma telangiectodes
neuromagnetic
neuromagnetism
neuromalacia
neuromarketing
neuromas
neuromast
neuromast organ
neuromasts (current term)
neuromata
neuromatosis
neuromatous
neuromedin
neuromedins
neuromelanin
neuromeningeal
neuromere
neuromeres
neurometabolic
neuromics
neuromimesis
neuromimetic
neuromodulation

Literary usage of Neuromasts

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"The buccalis branch supplies the infra-orbital neuromasts at the end of the snout. The supra-orbital division of the main trunk of the dorsal VII divides ..."

2. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"The buccalis branch supplies the infra-orbital neuromasts at the end of the snout. The supra-orbital division of the main trunk of the dorsal VII divides ..."

3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"In 1870 Schulze discovered that the neuromasts, whether enclosed within canals or exposed upon the surface, are characterized by the presence of specific ..."

4. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"Since the taste organs are stimulated by chemical changes they do not need the long sense hairs which adapt the neuromasts to stimulation by vibrations in ..."

5. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1885)
"Both neuromasts are in fact supplied by a branch of the same nerve, the ramus oticus, which extends outwards towards these sensory structures through a ..."

6. The Journal of Comparative Neurology by Denison University (1903)
"(2) neuromasts. This system of sense organs includes the lateral canal organs, pit organs, ampullae and all other specialized organs associated with the ..."

7. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"Integumentary sense-organs (neuromasts, p. 105) are highly developed in the Elasmobranchs. They are supplied, as already mentioned, by branches of the ..."

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