Science Stock Photography Scientific stock photography library of light microscope pictures and electron microscopy images featuring science and biomedical microscopy photos

Goby fish neuromast (Awaous guamensis)

Image Number: 25300C

Caption:

Goby fish neuromast (Awaous guamensis). Neuromasts are part of the lateral line and other head areas of most fish. Neuromasts are found either on the skin surface or in pit organs. They are used to detect motion or vibrations in the water, especially hydrodymanic water flow across the fish surface. A neuromast is a sensory organ (mechanosensory) that consists of a cluster of sensory hair cells. The sensory cells of the neuromast have hair-like structures called stereocilia (short, non-motile cilia) and a kinocilia (long, motile cilia) that are connected to nerve cells. The hair cells are surrounded by supporting cells that secrete a gelatinous cupula.

Keywords:

| 08.01.05 25300C Awaous guamensis cilia cilium cupula fish epithelia epithelial cell epithelial cells fish epithelium fish epidermis fish neuromast fish skin goby fish hair cell kinocilia kinocilium mechanoreceptor mechanoreceptors Misc. Vertebrates neuromast neuromasts SEM sense organ sensory cell sensory cells sensory hair cell sensory hair cells sensory organ stereocilia stereocilium superficial epidermis |

• Scientific Image Library – over 2,200 light microscopy and electron microscopy images of Algae, Arachnids, Bacteria, Crystals, Fungi, Insects, Invertebrates, Medical, Miscellaneous, Plants, Protozoa, Vertebrates, and Viruses. Biological, medical and general sciences images are available for licensed, rights-managed, non-exclusive use.
• Contact us if you can't find an image. Our archives contain thousands of black & white micrographs (colorizations available).
• Assignment Photography – Contact us for custom scientific imaging of samples and products. Dennis Kunkel Ph.D has over 35 years of microscopy expertise in biological and medical sciences.

Dennis Kunkel Microscopy, Inc. is a scientific stock photography agency (science stock photography, science stock photographs / pictures) featuring biology, medical and biomedical microscopy photos / pictures taken with light microscopes (LM) and electron microscopes (transmission electron microscope - TEM; scanning electron microscope - SEM). Microscopy photographs (science images, electron microscope images, photomicrographs, microscopy photos, microscope photos, microscopic pictures) are available for use in editorial and commercial formats. Image categories include Algae, Arachnids, Bacteria, Crystals, Fungi, Insects, Invertebrates, Medical, Miscellaneous, Plants, Protozoa, Vertebrates and Viruses.