ocular lobe — (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) On some Coleoptera, a projecting thoracic lobe … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
ocular spine or projection — Spine of lobe on carapace above eyes (some Palinura or Caridea) [Poore, 2004] … Crustacea glossary
Vestibulo-ocular reflex — The vestibulo ocular reflex. A rotation of the head is detected, which triggers an inhibitory signal to the extraocular muscles on one side and an excitatory signal to the muscles on the other side. The result is a compensatory movement of the… … Wikipedia
frontal lobe — (Order Cumacea): On dorsal surface of carapace, bell shaped prominence marking anterior margin of head. Bears ocular lobes anteriorly and is adjoined laterally and anteriorly by pseudorostrum [Stachowitsch, 1992] … Crustacea glossary
eye — (Order Cumacea): Photosensitive organ on dorsal surface of carapace; typically unpaired and positioned on ocular lobe (paired, unpaired) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Tanaidacea): One of two photosensitive organs on carapace; positioned… … Crustacea glossary
carapace — ( ) [Baba, 2005]. Entire animal, right appendages omitted, dorsal view, based on Munida. [Baba, 2005] ( ) [Baba, 2005]. Carapace, spines, based on Munida. [Baba, 2005] Head Shield cuticular structure arising from posterior margin of cephalon,… … Crustacea glossary
nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… … Universalium
syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… … Universalium
Visual cortex — Brain: Visual cortex View of the brain from behind. Red = Brodmann area 17 (primary visual cortex); orange = area 18; yellow = area 19 … Wikipedia
