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单词 jacobson
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Jacobsonn.

Brit. /ˈdʒeɪkəbsn/, /ˈjakəbsn/, U.S. /ˈdʒeɪkəbs(ə)n/
Etymology: < the name of Ludwig Levin Jacobson (1783–1843), Danish anatomist and physician.
Used in the possessive or with of-adjunct to designate structures investigated by Jacobson, as Jacobson's nerve n. the tympanic nerve, a branch of the glosso-pharyngeal (ninth cranial) nerve. Jacobson's organ n. an organ which is only vestigial in adult man but is a well-developed olfactory organ in many vertebrates, notably snakes and lizards, occurring as (one of) a pair of sacs or tubes in communication with the mouth (or in some cases the nose). Jacobson's reflex n. (see quot. 1913).
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the world > life > the body > nervous system > nerve > specific nerves > [noun] > pairs of cranial nerves > specific cranial nerves
optic sinew?c1425
recurrent nerve1578
optic1615
optic nerve1615
recurrent1615
par vagum1666
fourth nerve1681
accessory nerve1682
chorda tympani1807
abducens1809
hypoglossus1811
pneumogastric1826
pneumogastric nerve1827
hypoglossal nerve1828
facial1834
fifth nerve1836–9
vagus1840
vagal nerve1854
vagus nerve1856
Jacobson's nerve1860
oculomotor1868
trigeminus1875
hypoglossal1876
oculimotor1890
pathetic1890
sixth1899
trigeminal1899
the world > life > the body > sense organ > olfactory organ > parts of olfactory organ > [noun]
Schneiderian1746
naris1834
choana1878
postnaris1881
Jacobson's organ1888
osmoceptor1944
1836–9 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. II. 495/2 The most important of these is a small branch which proceeds from the ganglion into the tympanum (ramus tympanicus nervi glosso-pharyngei; nerve of Jacobson).
1860 H. Gray Anat. (ed. 2) 524 The tympanic branch (Jacobson's nerve), arises from the petrous ganglion.
1871 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals ii. 72 In the latter case they are the canals of Stenson... Glandular diverticula of the mucous membrane, supplied with nervous filaments from both the olfactory and the fifth pair, may open into these canals. They are called..the ‘organs of Jacobson’.
1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 166/1 In snakes and lizards a second olfactory organ is found embedded between the turbinals and the vomer and is known as ‘Jacobson's organ’.
1888 G. Rolleston & W. H. Jackson Forms Animal Life (ed. 2) 346 A portion of the nasal cavity becomes separated off from the nose proper. It is known as Jacobson's organ, and is supplied by the fifth nerve as well as by the olfactory.
1888 W. R. Gowers Man. Dis. Nerv. Syst. II. iv. 212 The gangliform enlargement also receives a twig from the nerve (small petrosal) which connects the otic ganglion, through the nerve of Jacobson, with the glosso-pharyngeal.
1896 J. W. Kirkaldy & E. C. Pollard tr. J. E. V. Boas Text Bk. Zool. 333 In some Reptiles and most Mammals, there is a peculiar saccular or tubular paired organ, Jacobson's organ, in close connection with the olfactory apparatus.
1913 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 7) Jacobson's reflex, a reflex seen in cerebral spastic paralysis of the upper extremities.
1951 C. K. Weichert Anat. Chordates vi. 254 Although the function of Jacobson's organ is obscure, it is believed to aid in the recognition of food, since it is best developed in animals which hold food in their mouths.
1954 T. L. Peele Neuroanat. Basis Clin. Neurol. ix. 217/2 By way of the tympanic branch of the glossopharyngeal (Jacobson's nerve) sensory fibers are supplied to the medial surface of the ear drum, to the tympanic cavity, to the eustachian tube in part, and to mastoid cells.
1965 R. Morris & D. Morris Men & Snakes viii. 195 Snakes, like lizards, possess a..Jacobsen's [sic] Organ. This is a scent-sensitive pair of pits lying in the roof of the mouth.

Derivatives

Jacobˈsonian adj. (obsolete).
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the world > life > the body > sense organ > olfactory organ > [adjective]
postnasal1859
Jacobsonian1878
postrhinal1880
1878 A. Macalister Introd. Systematic Zool. & Morphol. Vertebr. Animals iii. 16 In connexion with this 5th pair [of nerves] there may be six separate ganglia:..5th, Cloquet's, on the Jacobsonian organ.
1889 A. Macalister Text-bk. Human Anat. 634 The Jacobsonian cartilages and the single or septal cartilage.
1893 Gunn & Hensman in H. Morris Treat. Human Anat. vii. 928 In the septal cartilage above the opening of Stenson's canal there is a small pouch which presents a minute opening below. This is the representative of the Jacobsonian organ. A strip of cartilage underneath this..is known as the Jacobsonian cartilage.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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