The lateral line provides a fish's sense of hearing and orientation. it contains a complex system of receptors that convert mechanical disturbances or submarine vibrations into nerve impulses. Essentially, it is a fish's underwater ears.
In fish, the lateral line is a sense organ used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.
The lateral lines of a perch are specialized scales that are actually sensitive to vibrations in the water, alerting the fish to nearby predators or prey in the water.
a row or rows of tiny sense organs along the sides of a fish's body
The lateral line is used for sensing vibration and movement that surrounds them.
The lateral line senses vibration
Yeah. To detect vibrations in the water.
they send messages to the fishes brain
Dolphins have lateral line other than a fish.
The terms medial and lateral are evaluated along the coronal plane. When drawing an imaginary line to evaluate a structure's position in terms of medial and lateral, the line drawn is parallel to the sagittal plane.
When you say something is lateral from something else, it means "farther from the mid-line". if something is medial to something else it means it is closer to the mid-line. The mid-line runs right down the middle of your body to your belly button. eg. the eyes are lateral to the nose or the nose is medial to the eyes Therefore the spleen is lateral to the stomach and the stomach would be medial to the spleen.
Many amphibians are born with lateral lines. As they grow older, some amphibians such as salamanders lose their lateral line because it's no longer a necessity due to the fact they also walk on land.
The Tunicate in larva form are possibly the earliest link between chordates and their non vertebrate ancestors. The lancelet that have a notochord that persist through out development are possibly the oldest ancestor of the modern vertebrates.
The lateral line belongs to the lateral line system. This helps to stream line fish in water and to keep them afloat.
Lateral line system means an aquatic organs sense system found in fish
A lateral line system is an organ in the sensory system that allows fish to sense objects and organisms nearby them through vibrations in the water.
lateral line is a line on the fish body that function to detect vibrations in water
a row or rows of tiny sense organs along the sides of a fish's body
The lateral line is a system of sense organs; neuromasts situated along/in the lateral line detect movement and vibration in water. The system is important in schooling and predatory behaviour, as well as in general for spatial awareness. It allows detection of movement outside of the range of vision, or in conditions that reduce visibility. Blind fish will orientate towards movement in the same way as fish that are able to see, but disruption of the lateral line also disrupts the response to movement.
Dolphins have lateral line other than a fish.
lateral line systemThe lateral line system allows many fish to detect currents and vibrations, as well as to sense the motion of other nearby fish and preyi have included two URL links for you to look at that should answer all you need to know hope this helps !! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lateral_line_systemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish#Sensory_and_nervous_system
Lateral Line.
Scales on the lateral line allow fish to feel what is going on around them.
the lateral line of a fish is a sensory organ,picking up vibration in the water,alerting fish to danger or prey.
Touch and the lateral line system are closely related. Most fish have a well-developed sense of touch. Nerve endings throughout the skin react to the slightest pressure and change of temperature. The lateral line system senses changes in the movement of water. It consists mainly of a series of tiny canals under the skin. A main canal runs along each side of the trunk. Branches of these two canals extend onto the head. A fish senses the flow of water around it as a series of vibrations. The vibrations enter the lateral line through pores and activate certain sensitive areas in the line. If the flow of water around a fish changes, the pattern of vibrations sensed through the lateral line also changes. Nerves relay this information to the brain. Changes in the pattern of vibrations may warn a fish of approaching danger or indicate the location of objects outside its range of vision.