English Dictionary

statocyst

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈstatə(ʊ)sɪst/

名詞

(zoology) An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).

日本語の意味

水生無脊椎動物に見られる平衡感覚用の器官。嚢状の構造内に、重石（statolith）と多数の神経支配された毛（setae）が含まれており、脊椎動物の耳石の祖先とされる。

Under the microscope, the biologists observed how the statocyst, a sac containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae, allowed the sea anemone to sense its orientation.

顕微鏡下で、生物学者たちは、静石と多数の神経支配された感覚毛を含む嚢である平衡器官がイソギンチャクに自身の向きを感知させる様子を観察した。

意味（1）

(zoology) An organ of balance found in some aquatic invertebrates, consisting of a sac-like structure containing a statolith and numerous innervated setae. Ancestral to vertebrate otolith (their organ of hearing and balance).

Despite their tiny size, statocysts encode significant information about an animal's buoyancy and swimming ability, as we know from studying statocyst variability among modern cephalopods.

statocysts （ plural ）