Descripteur en français: | Organe électrique | ||||
Descripteur en anglais: | Electric Organ | ||||
Descripteur en espagnol: |
Órgano Eléctrico
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Descripteur en portugais: | Órgão Elétrico | ||||
Code(s) d'arborescence: |
A13.332 |
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Identificateur unique RDF: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004557 | ||||
Note d'application: | In about 250 species of electric fishes, modified muscle fibers forming disklike multinucleate plates arranged in stacks like batteries in series and embedded in a gelatinous matrix. A large torpedo ray may have half a million plates. Muscles in different parts of the body may be modified, i.e., the trunk and tail in the electric eel, the hyobranchial apparatus in the electric ray, and extrinsic eye muscles in the stargazers. Powerful electric organs emit pulses in brief bursts several times a second. They serve to stun prey and ward off predators. A large torpedo ray can produce of shock of more than 200 volts, capable of stunning a human. (Storer et al., General Zoology, 6th ed, p672) |
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Note d'indexation: | animal only; IM |
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Qualificatifs autorisés: |
AB malformations AH anatomie et histologie BS vascularisation CH composition chimique CY cytologie DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques DG imagerie diagnostique EM embryologie EN enzymologie GD croissance et développement IM immunologie IN traumatismes IR innervation ME métabolisme MI microbiologie PA anatomopathologie PH physiologie PP physiopathologie PS parasitologie RE effets des radiations SU chirurgie TR transplantation UL ultrastructure VI virologie |
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Identifiant DeCS: | 4629 | ||||
ID du Descripteur: | D004557 | ||||
Documents indexés dans la Biblioteque Virtuelle de Santé (BVS): | Cliquez ici pour accéder aux documents VHL | ||||
Date d'établissement: | 01/01/1968 | ||||
Date d'entrée: | 01/01/1999 | ||||
Date de révision: | 18/05/1995 |
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