small calcareous stone used by invertebrates to maintain equilibrium
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(from the article `crustacean`) ...decapods or at the base of the uropods in mysids, that enable the crustacean to orient itself with respect to gravity. Each statocyst is a rounded ... ...with cues to their position in space. The sense organs involved (statoreceptors) usually have the structure of a statocyst, a fluid-filled vesicle .....
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1. <botany> A type of amyloplast found in root tip cells of higher plants. It can sediment within the cell under the influence of gravity and is thought to be involved in the detection of gravity in geotropism. ... 2. <zoology> A sand grain or a structure of calcium carbonate or other hard secreted substance, found in the cavity of a st...
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(stat´o-lith) a granule of the statoconia. a solid or semisolid body occurring in the labyrinth of animals.
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(1) Bot. A type of amyloplast found in root-tip cells of higher plants. It can sediment within the cell under the influence of gravity, and is thought to be involved in the detection of gravity in geotropism. (2) Zool. A sand-grain or a structure of calcium carbonate or other hard secreted substance, found in the cavity of a statocyst. It stimulates sensory cells lining the cavity with which it comes in contact under the influence of gravity.
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any of the granules of lime, sand, etc., contained within a statocyst. · an inclusion, as a starch grain, that by a change in position within the cells of an organ or part is assumed to cause a corresponding change in position of the organ or part.
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