Otocyst Definition

ōtə-sĭst
noun
The hollow chamber of ectoderm that develops into the vertebrate inner ear.
Webster's New World

Statocyst.

Webster's New World
A statocyst.
American Heritage
A statocyst.
American Heritage Medicine

(invertebrate zoology) An organ involved in balance and orientation.

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Other Word Forms of Otocyst

Noun

Singular:
otocyst
Plural:
otocysts

Origin of Otocyst

  • oto-- +"Ž cyst

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Otocyst Sentence Examples

  • Two stages in the development of the otocyst can be recognized, the first that of an open pit FIG.

  • Further, two distinct types of otocyst can be recognized in the Hydro medusae; that of the Leptolinae, in which the entire organ is ectodermal, concrement-cells and all, and the organ is not a tentaculocyst; and that of the Trachylinae, in which the organ is a tentaculocyst, and the concrement-cells are endodermal, derived from the endoderm of the modified tentacle, while the rest of the organ is ectodermal.

  • P, Pedal ganglion with otocyst attached.

  • Accordingly the difference is one of position of the otocyst and not of its nerve-supply.

  • The right otocyst is seen at the root of the foot.

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