MECHANORECEPTORS IN THE CUTICLE OF THE HONEY BEE: FINE STRUCTURE AND STIMULUS MECHANISM.
The distal nerve process of hair plate sensilla and campaniform sensilla contains a special terminal structure in the form of a bundle of tubules herein designated the "tubular body." Physiological and morphological results indicate that compression at the site of this body probably acts as the stimulus at the cellular level. A ciliary structure separates an outer segment of the distal nerve process from the remaining distal fiber.
D000818:Animals; D001516:Bees; D006653:Histology; D008465:Mechanoreceptors; D012106:Research; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells
BEES; EXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDY; HISTOLOGY; RECEPTORS, NEURAL