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What is a turtles ventral?
The opposite of it's dorsal. The Dorsal is the back, Ventral is the Front. Hence the dorsal fin on ocean-based organisms
What types of fins do perch fish have?
Caudal fin, Dorsal fin, Pectoral fin, Ventral fin, and the fin.
When the rat's abdominal cavity is opened is the cut on the dorsal or ventral side of the body?
the ventral side. the dorsal side is the back of the rat ( think of the dorsal fin on a wale is on its back )
Where is the dorsal side of the Chordata?
Dorsal is the back. Just think of a dolphin's dorsal fin and you'll never get ventral and dorsal mixed up again.
What is a sailfish?
a fish with a high, sail-like dorsal fin
Where is the Ventral nerve?
The 'dorsal-fin' extends upward from the back of organisms; so anything Ventral must reside near to an organism's front-side.
What is the difference between a sail fish and a sword fish?
The difference is that sailfishes have a long, sail-like dorsal fin which stretches through the whole back while swordfishes have just a tiny shark-shaped dorsal fin.
What does the Ventral and dorsal fins mean?
a dorsal fin is the one (or more) located on the back of a fish or aquatic mammal - its the fin that you see when a shark is swimming just under the surface of the water. Ventral fins are the ones toward the rear of the body and help in steering the animal through the water
What is the fin called on an orcas back?
The fin on the back of an orca is called the dorsal fin.
What is a dorcile fin?
The "DORSAL" fin is the fin fish have on the top of their back. It is often shaped a bit like a triangle or sail.
What is the dorsal fin?
The dorsal fin is the fin on the back of a fish, for example the typical triangular fin on the back of a shark is its dorsal fin.
What is the name of the top fin on a fish?
It's the ventral fin and My best Guess to it's purpose is that it helps stablize the forward movement in the fish, bit like the skegs on kayaks. possibly gives some direction control, like a rudder, and streamlining as well
