| 单词 | pineal eye |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspineal eye pineal eye n. Zoology a single median light-sensitive organ occurring in many reptiles, amphibians, and cyclostomes on the skull above the eyes, connected to or forming part of the pineal gland, and involved in regulating circadian rhythms; also called parietal eye. ΚΠ 1886 Proc. Royal Soc. 40 562 Leydig's ‘frontal organ’ exists as a structure comparable to an invertebrate eye... It may, in reference to its position and structure, be perhaps best called the pineal eye. 1911 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 201 264 The pineal or parietal eye in Sphenodon is..the left-hand member of the original pair of pineal outgrowths. 2000 Jrnl. Exper. Biol. 203 1857 When the light is dimmed, the pineal eye of hatchling Xenopus laevis tadpoles excites the central pattern generator for swimming. < as lemmas |
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