Preferred Label : septal organ of Masera;
Uberon definition : A small island of olfactory neuroepithelium lying bilaterally at the ventral base
of the nasal septum near the entrance of the nasopharynx.;
Uberon related term : SO of Masera;
Uberon Taxon note : This olfactory apparatus has been observed in many mammals, including rat, mouse,
hamster, deer mouse, rabbit, opossum, guinea pig, bandicoot, and koala (Rodolfo-Masera
1943; Adams and McFarland 1971; Bojsen-Moller 1975; Katz and Merzel 1977; Breipohl
et al. 1983, 1989; Kratzing 1984a, 1984b; Taniguchi et al. 1993), but not in cat (Breipohl
et al. 1983) or ferret (Weiler and Farbman 2003);
Origin ID : 0015246;
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A small island of olfactory neuroepithelium lying bilaterally at the ventral base
of the nasal septum near the entrance of the nasopharynx.
