Whiskers or vibrissae (/vəˈbrɪsi/; sg.: vibrissa; /vəˈbrɪsə/) are a type of stiff, functional hair used by most mammals to sense their environment. These...

Nia vibrissa is a species of fungus in the order Agaricales. The species is adapted to a marine environment and is a wood-rotting fungus, producing small...

hairs forward while holding them steady, maximizing their detection. The vibrissa's angle relative to the flow seems to be the most important contributor...

Korte M, Egert U (June 1992). "Crossmodal changes in the somatosensory vibrissa/barrel system of visually deprived animals". Proceedings of the National...

PMID 23097513. Muchlinski, Magdalena N. (June 2010). "A comparative analysis of vibrissa count and infraorbital foramen area in primates and other mammals". Journal...

correlates of the mystacial vibrissae" and that "one barrel represents one vibrissa". Whereas small non-whisker areas of barrel cortex correspond to large...

outer vertical bristle; inner vertical bristle; postocellar bristles; ocelli; ocellar bristles; compound eye; Frontal or ptilinal suture; antenna; arista; vibrissa....

from outer base to tip 75 mm (3.0 in), midwidth 40 mm (1.6 in); longest vibrissa 52 mm (2.0 in); length of head to extremity of sagittal crest 180 mm (7...

2011, it was reported that 125,000 copies had been sold. Minimus, a mouse Vibrissa (Latin for Whisker), the family cat Flavius, the father and fort commander...

rhythm generation for other functions in vertebrates. For example, the rat vibrissa system uses an unconventional CPG for whisking movements. "Like other CPGs...