chaeta [FBbt_00005177]
A sensillum with a long, unicellular, setiform outgrowth that is strongly chitinized.
chaeta
ID: FBbt_00005177
Nervous system Sense organ
A sensillum with a long, unicellular, setiform outgrowth that is strongly chitinized.
This term is sometimes used to refer to the 'bristle-like' outgrowth only, but is here used to refer to the entire sensillum of which it is a part.
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| Synonym | Scope | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| sensillum chaeticum | exact synonym | Snodgrass, 1935 |
Neurons with some part in chaeta (158 total)
| Thumbnail | Name | Tags |
|---|---|---|
 |
BM-Taste | Adult, Mechanosensory_system, Nervous_system, Sensory_neuron |
| chemosensory neuron of dorsal triple row bristle | Adult, Gustatory_system, Nervous_system, Sensory_neuron | |
| mechanosensory neuron of chemosensory dorsal triple row bristle | Adult, Mechanosensory_system, Nervous_system, Sensory_neuron | |
| mechanosensory neuron of cibarial dorsal row bristle | Adult, Mechanosensory_system, Nervous_system, Sensory_neuron | |
| mechanosensory neuron of cibarial ventral row bristle | Adult, Mechanosensory_system, Nervous_system, Sensory_neuron |
Parts of chaeta (1 total)
| Thumbnail | Name | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| adult epidermal F-cell of mechanosensory bristle | Adult, Cell, Mechanosensory_system |
Subclasses of chaeta (242 total)
| Thumbnail | Name | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| chemosensory dorsal triple row bristle | Adult, Gustatory_system, Nervous_system, Sense_organ | |
| chemosensory ventral double row bristle | Adult, Gustatory_system, Mechanosensory_system, Nervous_system, Sense_organ | |
| dorsal medial bristle of antennal segment 1 | Adult, Mechanosensory_system, Nervous_system, Sense_organ | |
| mechanosensory ventral double row bristle | Adult, Mechanosensory_system, Nervous_system, Sense_organ | |
| ventral double row bristle | Adult, Nervous_system, Sense_organ |
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