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Infrared-sensitive pit organ and trigeminal ganglion in the crotaline snakes
The infrared (IR) receptors in the pit organ of crotaline snakes are very sensitive to temperature. The sensitivity to IR radiation is much greater in crotaline snakes than in boid snakes because they have a thermosensitive membrane suspended in a pair of pits that comprise the pit organ. The vascul...
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Korean Association of Anatomists
2011
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3080012/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21519544 http://dx.doi.org/10.5115/acb.2011.44.1.8 |