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see axial gland.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
axial organ
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Organ (anatomy) — For the musical instrument, see Organ (music). In biology, an organ (Latin: organum, instrument, tool , from Greek ὄργανον, organon, organ, instrument, tool [1]) is a collection of tissues joined in structural unit to serve a common function. [2] … Wikipedia
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axial filament — The organ of motility in spirochetes. It is made of axial fibrils or periplasmic flagella that extend from each end of the protoplasmic cylinder and overlap in the middle of the cell. The outer sheath lies outside the axial filament … Dictionary of microbiology
axial — adj. [L. axis, axle] Of or pertaining to an axis; relative to the central axis of a cylindrical body or organ … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Sex organ — Flowers are the sex organs of flowering plants. A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, as narrowly defined, is any of the anatomical parts of the body which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in a… … Wikipedia
proctal axial or pelvic — the basal bone of the priapium, q.v., a copulatory organ in the Phallostethidae … Dictionary of ichthyology
