A specialized tract of tissue (as in the electric eel) in which electricity is generated. [ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/BTO_0000376 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric_organ ]
Term information
- GAID:1210
- TAO:0002037
- Wikipedia:Electric_organ
- MESH:D004557
modified muscle or nerve cells, which became specialized for producing bioelectric fields stronger than those that normal nerves or muscles produce (Albert and Crampton, 2006)
Organ that is used to produce an electric field, i.e. an electric organ discharge (EOD).[TAO]