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What are sensilla?

What are sensilla? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. plural of sensillum
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In some invertebrates sensilla are found all over the body, including on the legs, cerci, and wing margins.
Exceedingly sensitive organs called sensilla are concentrated in organs of hearing.
The sensory cells are organized into five external fields of campaniform sensilla and one internal chordotonal organ.
Within each pit are 60 to 70 sensors called sensilla in insects.
Short sensilla on the maxillary and labial palps, serve to recognize pheromone and touch when the male mounts the female.
The head is analogous to a statolith, the movements of which are monitored by fields of hair sensilla located on the head, neck, and prothorax.

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