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PRONUNCIATION OF LATERAL LINE SYSTEM

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LATERAL LINE SYSTEM

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WHAT DOES LATERAL LINE SYSTEM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lateral line system

Lateral line

The lateral line is a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, mainly fish, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water. The sensory ability is achieved via modified epithelial cells, known as hair cells, which respond to displacement caused by motion, movement and transduce these signals into electrical impulses via excitatory synapses. Lateral lines serve an important role in schooling behavior, predation, and orientation. For example, fish can use their lateral line system to follow the vortices produced by fleeing prey. They are usually visible as faint lines running lengthwise down each side, from the vicinity of the gill covers to the base of the tail. In some species, the receptive organs of the lateral line have been modified to function as electroreceptors, which are organs used to detect electrical impulses, and as such these systems remain closely linked. Most amphibian larvae and some fully aquatic adult amphibians possess mechanosensitive systems comparable to the lateral line.

Definition of lateral line system in the English dictionary

The definition of lateral line system in the dictionary is a system of sensory organs in fishes and aquatic amphibians consisting of a series of cells on the head and along the sides of the body that detect pressure changes and vibrations.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE LATERAL LINE SYSTEM

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Synonyms and antonyms of lateral line system in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «lateral line system» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LATERAL LINE SYSTEM

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The translations of lateral line system from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lateral line system» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

侧线系统
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sistema de línea lateral
570 millions of speakers

English

lateral line system
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पार्श्व लाइन प्रणाली
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

نظام الخط الجانبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

системы боковой линии
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sistema da linha lateral
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পার্শ্বীয় লাইন সিস্টেম
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

système de la ligne latérale
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sistem garisan sisi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Seitenliniensystem
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

側線システム
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

측면 라인 시스템
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sistem garis lateral
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

hệ thống đường bên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பக்கவாட்டு வரி முறை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बाजूकडील ओळी प्रणाली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yanal çizgi sistemi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sistema della linea laterale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

układ linii bocznej
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

системи бокової лінії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Sistemul linie laterală
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

σύστημα πλευρικής γραμμής
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

laterale lyn stelsel
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

sidosystemetlinje
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

lateral line system
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LATERAL LINE SYSTEM»

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The Mechanosensory Lateral Line System: Morphological ...
Electrophysiological and microscopic methods were used to investigate the morphology and physiology of the peripheral lateral line system of lampreys with special emphasis on the metamorphic changes.
Semen Gelman, 2007
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The Biology of Hagfishes
The lateral line system, a primitive craniate system which has been greatly reduced and modified in hagfishes, perhaps in relation to their endobenthic habits; and a cutaneous and nasopharyngeal chemoreceptive system which rivals the ...
Jørgen Mørup Jørgensen, 1998
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Artificial Lateral Line Canal System for Underwater ...
REFERENCES [I] J. C. Montgomery and S. Coombs, "Peripheral encoding of moving sources by the lateral line system of a sit-and-wait predator," Journal of Experimental Biology, vol. 201, pp. 91-102, 1998. [2] J. H. S. Blaxter and L. A. Fuiman, ...
Nannan Chen, 2008
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Coral Reef Fishes: Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem
A significant difference between the lateral line system and the inner ear is the spatial array of lateral line end organs (neuromasts) distributed over the body, as opposed to being confined to a discrete organ. This allows a fish to sense spatial  ...
Peter F. Sale, 2006
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Ichthyology Handbook
But fishes possess an additional hair-cell modality, the lateral line system, which is innervated by two cranial nerves unique to aquatic vertebrates — the anterior and posterior lateral line nerves. Despite these differences in innervation, the ...
B.G. Kapoor, Bhavna Khanna, 2004
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Comparative Hearing: Fish and Amphibians: Fish and Amphibians
Conditions leading to differential movement between the animal and the surrounding water result in stimulation of hair cells in the mechanosensory lateral line system. Detection of the pressure component of an underwater acoustic field, the ...
Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, 1999
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The Anatomy and Development of the Lateral Line System in ...
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition.
Edward Phelps Allis, 2013
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The Neural Crest in Development and Evolution
Bony fishes have an extensive lateral line system. Eight basic patterns of evolutionary change of the lateral line, derived by heterochrony from an ancestral pattern, have been determined in groups such as cichlids whose evolutionary history is ...
Brian Keith Hall, 1999
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The Lateral Line System of Batrachus Tau
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com.
Cornelia Maria Clapp, 2009
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The Mechanosensory Lateral Line: Neurobiology and Evolution
This book presents a comprehensive survey of our knowledge of the mechanosensory lateral line, covering * morphological variation and function * hydrodynamics and the role of flow patterns * developmental, evolutionary, and regenerative ...
Sheryl Coombs, Peter Görner, Heinrich Münz, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LATERAL LINE SYSTEM»

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BOB MAINDELLE: It's a good time to fish shallow waters in rising lakes
Vibration is able to be detected by a special organ called the lateral line system. This organ is what allows fish to feed in dark and/or muddy ... «The Killeen Daily Herald, May 15»
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How seals use their whiskers to find food
Other fish use lateral line system that helps them detect the movement of prey in dark water. The seal only has its whiskers, but as we shall ... «ZME Science, Jan 15»
3
Taking A Bite Out Of The Shark Suit
Sharks and other fish also have a unique sensory system that we do not have -- the lateral line system -- which allows them to sense tiny water ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»
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PBS explores 'Why Sharks Attack'
But they also have extraordinary senses beyond our own: a lateral line system that detects vibration and movement in the water — the wake of ... «Mother Nature Network, May 14»
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Sharks Are Awesome Hunters, Even When Humans Mess With Their …
To challenge even their lateral line system, a system that allows sharks to sense water movements, researchers gave the sharks antibiotics to destroy the tiny ... «Cinema Blend, Apr 14»
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Wildlife: Senses organs make trout tough to fool
The lateral line system is a series of pores that runs along the sides of the body. They house structures --again sensory hairs -- that can detect ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Apr 14»
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Eyeless Fish Navigates with Mouth Suction
The model showed that by opening and closing its mouth, a cavefish can generate signals for its lateral line system that are up to 50 times ... «Discover Magazine, Apr 14»
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Robotics Learn From Fishes to Swim Better
... (a different electroreception organ is for this function) and a mechanosensory lateral line system to detect water disturbance caused by itself. «Guardian Liberty Voice, Mar 14»
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Bluegills are here, and here's how to catch them
Bluegills have a lateral line system, as well as inner ears that act as receptors for vibration and pressure changes. They also rely heavily on ... «Eatonville Dispatch, Jul 13»
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New trap designed to catch lionfish
... their prey by "huffing and puffing", sucking in water and then expelling it as a water jet, thought to overwhelm the lateral line system of the fish. «Practical Fishkeeping, Jun 13»

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