Definition of cephalization in English:
cephalization
(British cephalisation)
noun ˌkɛfəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌsɛfəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)nˌsefələˈzāSH(ə)n
mass nounZoology The concentration of sense organs, nervous control, etc., at the anterior end of the body, forming a head and brain, both during evolution and in the course of an embryo's development.
〔动〕头部形成,头向集中
Example sentencesExamples
- They also do not have the degree of cephalization seen in the mandibulates.
- In some flatworms, the process of cephalization has included the development in the head region of light-sensitive organs called ocelli.
- Apparently, cephalization in the complex body plans of mandibulates (insects and crustaceans) has resulted in complex regulation of both the anterior and posterior expression boundaries in the head.
- This, in turn, would have been a factor in the evolution of cephalization.
- Scyphozoan polyps and medusae exhibit no cephalization and contain no brain, but in some species, light-sensitive eyespots are located along the bell margin of the medusa.