Monday, 7 May 2012

BRANCHIOSTOMA-CEPHALIC PIGMENT SPOT

It is large pigmented spot on the anterior wall of cerebral vesicle. It is act as cerebral eye. but it lacks a lens and is also not photosensitive. It is supposed to shield the ocelli from any frontal stimulation by light and probably acts as a thermoreceptor.

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