单词 | sinus gland |
释义 | > as lemmassinus gland sinus gland n. [translating German sinusdrüse (B. Hanström 1937, in K. Svenska Vetenskapsakad. Handl. XVI. iii. 3)] Zoology a structure in the eye stalk or head of crustaceans originally thought to be a gland but now recognized as a neurohæmal organ in which are stored various hormones concerned with growth, reproduction, and metabolism. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Crustacea > [noun] > member of > parts of > eye-stalk > organ in eye-stalk or head sinus gland1938 1938 Arkiv för Zoologi XXX B. viii. 1 When investigating the nervous system and the organs of sense of the crustaceans, Hanström found (1931–1935) two organs which he called the blood gland (the sinus gland) and the X-organ. 1972 M. S. Gardiner Biol. Invertebr. xvii. 714/1 Molting in decapod crustaceans is also influenced by hormones discharged from the sinus glands. < as lemmas |
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