Preferred Label : electric organ;
MeSH definition : In about 250 species of electric fishes, modified muscle fibers forming disklike multinucleate
plates arranged in stacks like batteries in series and embedded in a gelatinous matrix.
A large torpedo ray may have half a million plates. Muscles in different parts of
the body may be modified, i.e., the trunk and tail in the electric eel, the hyobranchial
apparatus in the electric ray, and extrinsic eye muscles in the stargazers. Powerful
electric organs emit pulses in brief bursts several times a second. They serve to
stun prey and ward off predators. A large torpedo ray can produce of shock of more
than 200 volts, capable of stunning a human. (Storer et al., General Zoology, 6th
ed, p672);
MeSH synonym : organ, electric; electric organs; organs, electric;
Wikipedia automatic translation : Electric organ (biology);
MeSH annotation : animal only; IM;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric organ (biology);
Origin ID : D004557;
UMLS CUI : C0013782;
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In about 250 species of electric fishes, modified muscle fibers forming disklike multinucleate
plates arranged in stacks like batteries in series and embedded in a gelatinous matrix.
A large torpedo ray may have half a million plates. Muscles in different parts of
the body may be modified, i.e., the trunk and tail in the electric eel, the hyobranchial
apparatus in the electric ray, and extrinsic eye muscles in the stargazers. Powerful
electric organs emit pulses in brief bursts several times a second. They serve to
stun prey and ward off predators. A large torpedo ray can produce of shock of more
than 200 volts, capable of stunning a human. (Storer et al., General Zoology, 6th
ed, p672)
