supraesophageal ganglion
1Supraesophageal ganglion — The supraesophageal ganglion (insect brain) is the first part of the insect central nervous system. It receives and processes information from the first, second, and third metameres. The supraesophageal ganglion lies dorsal to the esophagus and… …
2supraesophageal ganglion — (Order Amphipoda): Concentration of nerve tissue above (anterior to) esophagus in head. Connected to subesophageal ganglion by pair of esophageal connectives. (Syn. brain) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Isopoda): Concentration of nerve tissue above …
3supraesophageal ganglion — (ARTHROPODA) The brain; the nerve mass above the esophagus …
4supraesophageal ganglion — noun : the main mass of nervous tissue of the insect and some other invertebrates located in the head and dorsal to the esophagus : brain 1b, cerebrum 2 …
5subesophageal ganglion — Anterior ganglion of the ventral nerve cord, located beneath (posterior to) the esophagus and connected dorsally to the tritocerebrum. (Syn. subenteric ganglion) [Brusca and Brusca, 2002]. Nerve plexus below esophagus in head of malacostracans… …
6Subesophageal ganglion — Insects = The subesophageal ganglion of insects is composed of three pairs of fused ganglia. It controls the mouthparts, the salivary glands and certain muscles.The subesophageal ganglion sits beneath the esophagus. It is connected to the… …
7postoral ganglion — (Order Stomatopoda): Concentration of nerve tissue posterior to mouth; consists of fused ganglia of eight somites (mandibles to fifth thoracomeres). Joined to supraesophageal ganglion by pair of long circumoral connectives and continues… …
8cerebral ganglion — (Subclass Cirripedia): Supraesophageal ganglion [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
9paraesophageal ganglion — (Order Decapoda): Swelling of each circumesophageal connective between supraesophageal and subesophageal ganglia [Stachowitsch, 1992] …
10protocerebrum — Ganglion of first (preantennulary) somite [Moore and McCormick, 1969]. Ganglion of preantennulary region [McLaughlin, 1980]. One of two anterior dorsal supraesophageal ganglia in the crustacean brain; receives the optic nerves [Brusca and Brusca …
