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Do starfish have scales?
No, starfish do not have scales. They have a hard, calcareous exoskeleton composed of tiny plates called ossicles. These ossicles provide structure and protection to the starfish's body.
Why are ossicles classified as endoskeletons?
In echinoderms, such as starfish, an ossicle is a bony plate providing structure and protection. It is covered by an epidermis and considered part of the hard endoskeleton where the bony (calcite) plates (ossicles) are connected by collagen fibers.
What is the bony part on your head called?
The bony part of the head is the skull.
The ventral surface of a starfish is called?
the ventral surface of a starfish is called oral You Jerk.
What is the bony prominence on the lateral side of the foot called?
The bony prominence on the lateral side of the foot is called the fifth metatarsal tuberosity.
What bony plates make up a starfishs skeleton?
The bony plates that make up a starfish's skeleton is the ossicles. They are found in not only starfish but sea cucumbers and sea urchins also.
What bony plates make up the starfishes skeleton?
The bony plates of a starfish are made up from calcium carbonate. When the starfish dies, the skeleton usually denigrates and nothing remains except for the oral disk.
What bony plates make up starfish skeleton?
It is the ossicles :)
What are ambulacral ossicles?
In a starfish, the ambulacral ossicles are little calcified bony plates covering the radial canal.
Is a starfish a endoskelton?
Yes, they , like other echinoderms have mesodermal endoskeletons made up of calcareous ossicles, (bony plates).
Skeletal plates in starfish?
They make up the skeleton and protect internal structures.
Do a starfish have a rough or smooth body?
A starfish typically has a rough body due to the presence of small bony plates or spines covering its surface. These structures provide protection and aid in movement for the starfish.
What is the dinosaur with bony plates on its back CALLED?
Stegosaurus???
What are the bony plates on a sea turtle's shell called?
I( think they are called scuta
What sea animal is bony?
starfish
What is the Bony overlapping plates that covers the fish's body called?
Scales
What is the skin-gill on a starfish?
used for breathing. they stickout through bony spines on the starfish.
