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Evolution of the gravireceptor and its investigation under conditions of acceleration and weightlessness
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Vinnikov, Y. A. |
| Organization | The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) |
| Copyright Year | 1974 |
| Abstract | PREVIOUS WORK CONDUCTED ON THE EVOLUTION OF THE MECHANISM OF GRAVITY RECEPTION IN INVERTEBRATES AND VERTEBRATES. THE STRUCTURE OF THIS MECHANISM IN VARIOUS ORGANISMS FROM PROTOZOA TO MOLLUSKS AND CRABS IS DESCRIBED BY MEANS OF NUMEROUS ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC PHOTOGRAPHS. ACCORDING TO THE ANALYSIS, THIS STRUCTURE WAS RETAINED IN THE VERTEBRATES, AND DEVELOPED APPARENTLY IN DIRECT RELATION TO THE COMPLEXITY OF THEIR MUSCULAR STRUCTURE AND INTERRELATION WITH THE EARTH'S GRAVITY. THE EFFECTS OF LINEAR ACCELERATION AND WEIGHTLESSNESS ON ITS DEVELOPMENT ARE DISCUSSED; LINEAR ACCELERATIONS OF 10 G FOR THREE MINUTES WERE CREATED TO STIMULATE UTRICULUS RECEPTOR CELLS AND THOSE OF THE SACCULUS AND SEMICIRCULAR CANALS, WITH CONSIDERABLE ALTERATIONS IN NUCLEAR AND CYTOPLASMIC ORGANIZATION BEING OBSERVED. EXPERIMENTS DONE ON SOYUZ-10 ARE DESCRIBED. |
| File Size | 1317041 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.archive.org/details/nasa_techdoc_19740022354 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4dn4vv3p |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1974-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Ionospheric Disturbances Plasma-electromagnetic Interaction Radio Auroras Atmospheric Models Ionospheric Propagation Polar Regions Radio Echoes Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |