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C 



Fig. 10. A campaniform sense organ from the antenna of a grasshopper. N 

 bipolar neuron; S, scolopoid sheath; A, axon; D, dendrite; C, cuticular 

 dome. (Redrawn from Slifer et aL, 1959.) 



there was no certain knowledge of the function of any of them. 

 Electrophysiological studies of those associated with muscle and 

 connective tissue have proved them to be proprioceptors. Their 

 structure and function will be described in Chapter III. 

 Type I neurons and the cells giving rise to the cuticular structures 



