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单词 cephalization
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cephalization

/ˌsɛfəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n / /ˌkɛfəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/
noun [mass noun] Zoology
The concentration of sense organs, nervous control, etc., at the anterior end of the body, forming a head and brain, both during evolution and in the course of an embryo’s development.Apparently, cephalization in the complex body plans of mandibulates (insects and crustaceans) has resulted in complex regulation of both the anterior and posterior expression boundaries in the head....
  • Scyphozoan polyps and medusae exhibit no cephalization and contain no brain, but in some species, light-sensitive eyespots are located along the bell margin of the medusa.
  • In some flatworms, the process of cephalization has included the development in the head region of light-sensitive organs called ocelli.
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