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starfish has 5 tapering arms radiating from a central disc.

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Q: Where is the central disc on a starfish?
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What is the central disc of a starfish?

In seastars, the central part of the body which contains the mouth, anus, madreporite, and gonopores and from which the rays radiate.


What is the central region of a starfish?

The central region, more commonly known as the Central Disk, is the middle of the starfish where the rays start to grow. The Central Disk also contains the pyloric stomach, the anus, the Madreporite, and the stone canalwhich connects the Madreporite to the inner organs.


What are the phylum traits of a starfish?

a flattened, star-shaped body as adults consisting of a central disc and multiple radiating arms


What is the function of the central disk on the starfish?

The function of the central disk on the starfish is to regrow an appendage if one is cut off. It is where the arms of the starfish originate.


What organs do starfish have?

Yes. The stomach of a starfish is located in the central disc. The stomach actually shoots out from the mouth and it secretes digestive juices that liquidize the prey and then a tube sucks up the liquid.


Is the sunflower satrfish an amphibian fish bird or mammal?

The Sunflower Starfish (of Sea Star) is none of the four mentioned in the question. It is an echinoderm, a marine invertebret having a central disc and many arms.


What does the central disk of a starfish do?

suck me off


What do seastar look like?

Sea Stars and starfish, one in the same, are echinoderms. There are over 1500 varieties, but they all share the five point 'star' shape which consists of a central disc with five arms.


Do starfish have feelings too?

Most likely not. Starfish do not have a brain or central nervous system, and instead have a ganglia.


What is mild annular bulging with small central disc protrusion?

small central disc protrusion at c3-4


What is superimposed central protrusion?

superimposed central & left disc protrusion


Is central disc protrusion at c3 -c4 serious?

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