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How is the hinge ligament in relation to the two halves of a clam?
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The hinge ligament is attached to the adjacent edges on one side of the two halves of a clam shell. This allows the clam to open and close like a door.
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What is the oldest part of a clam shell?
The oldest part of a clams shell is the outside part of the hinge. This is because the clam starts at the hinge and grows outwards.
Where is the youngest part of a clam?
Along constructive/divergent plate boundaries. This is where the new ocean floor comes from. This is the youngest part of the ocean floor that is.
How and where are the valves of a clam held together?
Bivalve mollusks like clams hold their shells closed with their muscular bodies. They also have leathery "hinges" at the rounded part of the shell which help to hold the two halves together. These are similar to ligaments in higher animals. If you ever get a clam in the supermarket that is already open, that one is dead and you should not eat it.
Is a clam a fish?
No a Clam is a mollusk.
What is the oldest part of the clam shell?
The umbo which is located at the anterior end of the clam
What holds the shells of a clam together?
Hinge ligament :)
Is a clam a bivalve?
This is from Wikipedia:Bivalves have a shell consisting of two asymmetrically rounded halves called valves that are mirror images of each other, joined at one edge by a flexible ligament called the hinge.
Why are some stoves referred to as clam shells?
Some stoves are referred to as clam shells because they resemble the form and function of the shells of a clam. They are compact with hinge joining two halves.
What do you call A sea crature whose shell is in two halves joined together by a hinge?
A bivalve. A clam (A brachiopod)
A sea creature whose shell is in two halves joined by a hinge starts with bi?
I think it's bivalvular
What is the Hinge area in a clam?
its the doorhinge of the clam (where it excretes poopoo)
What are the two shells of a clam held by?
The hinge ligament hold the two shells together as well as the adductor muscles which controls the opening and closing of the bivalve.
How does a clam open and close the shell?
Clams close their shells with powerful adductor muscles which pull the two valves together. A springy ligament at the hinge pulls the shell open when the muscles relax. Just like us, the clam needs to use nerve cells to signal the muscle to do its thing.
What is the oldest part of a clam shell?
The oldest part of a clams shell is the outside part of the hinge. This is because the clam starts at the hinge and grows outwards.
What makes a clam a clam?
its uses gilles for respiration and they can only move by shooting water through their hinge and propelling forward
Is a clam and invertebrate or an insect?
No, "clam" is a casual term for a mollusk; a filter-feeder type of freshwater or marine animal that has two calcareous shells (valves) joined near a hinge with a flexible ligament. Arthropods are invertebrate animals that have an exoskeleton (external skeleton), segmented body, and jointed appendages (legs), such as spiders (arachnids) or lobsters (crustaceans).
How does one do clam shell packaging?
A clamshell is a one-piece container consisting of two halves joined by a hinge area which allows the structure to come together to close. Clamshells are often made of a shaped plastic material, in a way that is similar to a blister pack. The name of the clamshell is taken from the shell of a clam, which it resembles both in form and function.
