| Name: | Mauthner neuron |
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| Definition: | Is a hindbrain interneuron. Giant reticulospinal neurons possessing thick crossed axons and positioned dorsally in the hindbrain tegmentum at the level of entrance of the eighth cranial nerve. The Mauthner neuron is paired. The M-cell has two large invariant dendrites: The lateral dendrite terminates in the sensory neuropil of the acoustico-lateral area, and the ventral dendrite terminates in the neuropil of the motor tegmentum. Fine dendrites are present, and mostly arise from three regions; from the terminus of each major dendrite and from the ventral surface of the perikaryon. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009149] |
| Name: | mitochondrion |
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| Synonyms: | mitochondria |
| Definition: | A semiautonomous, self replicating organelle that occurs in varying numbers, shapes, and sizes in the cytoplasm of virtually all eukaryotic cells. It is notably the site of tissue respiration. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0005739] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | swollen |
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| Synonyms: | swelling |
| Definition: | A structure quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's exhibiting transient abnormal enlargement, not due to cell proliferation. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001851] |