Medical Definition of Neuromast
1. See: lateral line sense organ. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neuromast
Literary usage of Neuromast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Psychology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1905)
"Now the relation of the neuromast system in present vertebrates to the general
cutaneous system compels us to seek the origin of the neuromast system as a ..."
2. Syracuse University Publications: Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory (1905)
"The structure of the neuromast is essentially the same as that described by ...
At the bottom of the cavity of the neuromast, among the inner ends of the ..."
3. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"In Fishes, characteristic sense-organs are present, known as the neuromast-organs
or organs of the lateral line. Extending along the sides of the trunk and ..."
4. The Journal of Anatomy and Physiology by Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1885)
"... neuromast is almost entirely protected by a ... Whether the neuromast in the
cleft is the remains ..."
5. The Nervous System of Vertebrates by John Black Johnston (1906)
"It will be seen immediately that all the neuromast fibers, no matter in what rami
they ... In the brain of cyclostomes the neuromast fibers are intimately ..."
6. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1913)
"20. B, taste bud just behind the maxillary teeth. C, taste bud behind the mandibular
teeth. D, a neuromast from the snout. ..."
7. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1907)
"... another division the third neuromast in part, and the third division joining
a nerve that connects with that peculiar branch of the seventh nerve, ..."
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