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Statolith may
refer to: A
structure in the statocyst,
which allows certain invertebrates to
sense gravity and
balance A
structure in the statocyte, cells...
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structure containing a
mineralised m**** (
statolith) and
numerous innervated sensory hairs (setae). The
statolith's inertia causes it to push
against the...
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ability to
sense gravity in
several ways, one of
which is
through statoliths.
Statoliths are
dense amyloplasts,
organelles that
synthesize and
store starch...
- green.
Amyloplasts are
thought to play a
vital role in gravitropism.
Statoliths, a
specialized starch-ac****ulating amyloplast, are
denser than cytoplasm...
- Gr****: ὠτο-, ōto- ear + λῐ́θος, líthos, a stone), also
called otoconium,
statolith, or statoconium, is a
calcium carbonate structure in the
saccule or utricle...
- amyloplasts-
statoliths – starch-filled
amyloplastic organelles –
which sediment at the
lowest part of the cells. In the roots,
sedimentation of the
statoliths towards...
- with
hairs which detect the
movements of
internal mineral grains called statoliths. If the body
tilts in the
wrong direction, the
animal rights itself by...
- a
giant squid can be
determined by "growth rings" in the statocyst's
statolith,
similar to
determining the age of a tree by
counting its rings. Much...
- eyes. The
rhopalia also
feature a
heavy crystal-like
structure called a
statolith, which, due to the
flexibility of the rhopalia, keep the eyes oriented...
- organ's main
component is a statocyst, a
balance sensor consisting of a
statolith, a tiny
grain of
calcium carbonate,
supported on four
bundles of cilia...
