Prothoracic gland

Japanese: prothoracic gland(英語表記)prothoracicgland
Prothoracic gland

...The prothoracic gland was first described as corps grenu by P. Lyonet in the larvae of the carbuncle moth (1762). It was subsequently found in other insects and was called by various names, but when Soichi Fukuda (1940) proved that this organ is an organ that produces ecdysone, he used the name prothoracic gland proposed by Osho Katsura (1930), and this name has been used to this day. However, the location of the organ that secretes ecdysone varies depending on the species, and each organ is given a name based on its area, so there is no general name, and the name ecdysial gland has been proposed at present. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "prothoracic gland" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…前胸腺は最初ボクトウガの幼虫でリヨネP.Lyonetによりcorps grenuと記載された(1762)。その後他の昆虫でもみつかり,さまざまな名で呼ばれたが,この器官がエクジソンの産生器官であることを証明した福田宗一(1940)が,桂応祥(1930)の提出した前胸腺prothoracic glandの名称を用いたことから今日に至る。しかし,エクジソンを分泌する器官の存在位置は種によって異なり,かつその部域にちなんだ名称がそれぞれに付されているため総称はなく,現在では脱皮腺ecdysial glandの名称が提案されている。…

※「prothoracic gland」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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