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| what does the lateral line detect? |
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| moving, turning, or struggling an animal generates causing pressure waves and water displacements |
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classic work with lateral line
- dogfish would respond to stimulus- no vision or hearing
- sever lateral lines; no repsonse
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- network of fluid filled canals running the length of body and head
- free standing neuromasts and pit organ
- each canal- tiny sensory cells called neuromasts
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- bunches of mechanoreceptors- sensory hairs
- cupula on each bundle
- pressure waves enter and move hairs, sends impulse to brain
- detects water movements by predators, conspecifics, and currents
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- pored and non pored neuromasts occuring in different parts of body
- play a role in schooling, detecting prey, guiding the mouth to food, and possibly temperature
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