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neuromast Zool.|ˈnjʊərəʊmɑːst, -æ-|
[f. neuro- + Gr. µαστ-ός breast.]
An organ of sensory perception forming part of the lateral line system of fishes and larval or aquatic amphibians.
1912J. S. Kingsley Compar. Anat. Vertebrates 167 Distally the fibres terminate in peculiar collections of sense cells known as sense hillocks or neuromasts occurring in the inner ear and in the lateral line organs of the ichthyopsida. 1937Proc. R. Soc. B. CXXIII. 474 The distinction between pit organs and canal neuromasts is purely conjectural. 1957O. Lowenstein in M. E. Brown Physiol. Fishes II. ii. 156 Fundamentally the end-organs of the lateral line system consist of groups of secondary sensory cells called neuromasts. 1962K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyology iii. 105 Each ampulla contains sensory nerve endings (neuromast cells) in a gelatinous terminal cup. 1974M. Hildebrand Analysis Vertebr. Struct. xvi. 395 The lateral line system..is present in fishes and in both larval and aquatic adult amphibians. It consists of thousands of microscopic organs called neuromasts. |