Jacobson, LL

Japanese: Jacobson,L.L.(英語表記)JacobsonLL
Jacobson, LL

…It is named after its discoverer, LL Jacobson (1783-1843), and is also called the vomeronasal organ. It is a sac-shaped olfactory organ formed by swellings on both sides of the nasal cavity of terrestrial quadrupeds, and is innervated by the vomeronasal nerve extending from the accessory olfactory bulb at the posterior medial side of the olfactory bulb. …

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Japanese:

…発見者ヤコプソンL.L.Jacobson(1783‐1843)にちなんで名づけられ,鋤鼻(じよび)器官vomeronasal organともいう。陸上四足動物の鼻腔の一部が左右にふくらんでできた囊状の嗅覚器官で,嗅球の後部内側の副嗅球からのびた鋤鼻神経に支配される。…

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