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The lateral line is on the side of the shark
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 14y agothe lateral line stretches from the head to the tail of the shark.
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What is the difference between a swim bladder and a lateral line?
swim bladder helps it to move while the lateral line helps it to balance.
How are the scales along the lateral line different from other scales?
Scales on the lateral line allow fish to feel what is going on around them.
What is the lateral line?
The lateral line is a sense organ found in fish. It uses hair cells to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.
How does a fish use its lateral line?
lateral line is a line on the fish body that function to detect vibrations in water
What is the function of lateral line sense organ?
To sense electrical fields.
What is the lateral line on the shark?
a sensory organ
Where is the lateral line and how does help a shark?
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What does the shark lateral line do?
The lateral lines on sharks detect movement in the water. This sense helps sharks find their prey. Sharks often attack because of this sense thus making us misidentified.
To what system does the lateral line belong?
The lateral line belongs to the lateral line system. This helps to stream line fish in water and to keep them afloat.
Is a lateral line on a shark an adaptation?
a lateral line is used for collecting electromagnetic pulses in the water. it stretches from the sharks head to tail, and is filled with water. there are also tiny hairs growing inside the lateral line. these hairs pick up vibrations sent from the electromagnetic pulses. this is one way sharks find food.
What is the name of the sensory system that runs from head to tail on each side of a sharks body that helps a shark maintain balance and detect sound?
its just called the lateral line
What kinds of animals other than fish have a lateral line?
Dolphins have lateral line other than a fish.
What do lateral line system mean?
Lateral line system means an aquatic organs sense system found in fish
Sensory pits in fish that sense movement in the water?
The lateral line sensory organ is the sensory pits fish use to sense movements in the water. The shark are very adapt at using these structures.
What is the difference between a swim bladder and a lateral line?
swim bladder helps it to move while the lateral line helps it to balance.
How are the scales along the lateral line different from other scales?
Scales on the lateral line allow fish to feel what is going on around them.
Does a squid have a lateral line?
They do not have a lateral line but at least some have a lateral line analogue, the epidermal head lines, that are compromised of mechanosensory hair cells and detect water displacement (Budelmann & Bleckmann 1988, J Comp Physiol A)
