Gravity Sensing
"Gravity Sensing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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Process whereby a cell, bodily structure, or organism (animal or plant) receives or detects a gravity stimulus. Gravity sensing plays an important role in the directional growth and development of an organism (GRAVITROPISM).
| Descriptor ID |
D018466
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G11.561.600.810.255 G15.744.450
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| Concept/Terms |
Gravity Sensing- Gravity Sensing
- Sensing, Gravity
- Gravity Perception
- Perception, Gravity
- Gravisensing
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