单词 | red body |
释义 | > as lemmasred body red body n. Zoology the rete mirabile of a fish; (also now chiefly) this together with the gas gland that it supplies; cf. red gland n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [noun] > air bladder or parts of sound1323 swimmer1579 wind-bladder1594 rete1615 swim1638 air bladder1675 swimming-bladder1713 air duct1744 red body1785 swim-bladder1837 fish-maw1840 fish-sound1879 maw1883 red gland1896 1785 A. Monro Struct. & Physiol. Fishes iii. 28 A red-coloured organ..is found on the inner side of the air-bag of the cod, haddock, etc.: but in those fishes where the air-bag communicates with the alimentary canal, this red body is either very small and simple..or entirely wanting. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes I. 38 The air..found in these bladders..is believed to be secreted by the inner lining membrane, and in some instances by a red body. 1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 375 The vessels..often form close circumscribed retia mirabilia, projecting as ‘red bodies’ on the inner side of the bladder. 1911 Proc. Zool. Soc. No. 2. 184 In the vast majority of cases ‘red body’ includes both rete mirabile and gas gland. 1997 Jrnl. Endocrinol. 154 415 Specific ANP [= atrial natriuretic peptide] receptors were detected in the red body of the swim bladder, [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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