lateral line organ
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lateral line organ — noun sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water • Syn: ↑lateral line • Hypernyms: ↑sense organ, ↑sensory receptor, ↑receptor • Part Holonyms: ↑fish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Lateral line — In fish, the lateral line is a sense organ used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water. Lateral lines are usually visible as faint lines running lengthwise down each side, from the vicinity of the gill covers to the base of the … Wikipedia
lateral line — noun sense organs of fish and amphibians; believed to detect pressure changes in the water • Syn: ↑lateral line organ • Hypernyms: ↑sense organ, ↑sensory receptor, ↑receptor • Part Holonyms: ↑fish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
lateral line — a tube like sensory organ (usually bearing pores) extending along the side of the body from the rear of the head to the tail. Detects water movements, low frequency vibrations (lower than 160 200 Hz) and perhaps temperature changes. In some… … Dictionary of ichthyology
lateral line — noun a sense organ of a fish running lengthwise down each of its sides from the vicinity of the operculum to the base of the tail, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water … Wiktionary
sense organ — noun an organ having nerve endings (in the skin or viscera or eye or ear or nose or mouth) that respond to stimulation (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑sensory receptor, ↑receptor • Ant: ↑effector (for: ↑receptor) … Useful english dictionary
Lateral geniculate nucleus — Brain: Lateral geniculate nucleus Hind and mid brains; postero lateral view. (Lateral geniculate body visible near top.) Latin Corpus geniculatum laterale Part of Thalamus System … Wikipedia
pit organ — a neuromast set in a small depression in the skin, not enclosed in a lateral line canal … Dictionary of ichthyology
thermoreception — Sensory capacity (see sense) to detect the temperature of the environment and the body. It helps keep body temperature stable by regulating autonomic responses to temperature changes (see homeostasis). Temperature sensations are generated by… … Universalium
Tetrapod — Taxobox name = Tetrapods fossil range = Late Devonian to Recent image width = 200px image caption = A Fire Salamander. regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata superclassis = Tetrapoda superclassis authority = Broili, 1913… … Wikipedia
