NALT

Preferred term

lateral line system

Topic

Aquatic vertebrate sensory system in fish and amphibians. It is composed of sense organs (canal organs and pit organs) containing neuromasts (mechanoreceptors) that detect water displacement caused by moving objects.

sense organs

neuromasts

lateral line organs

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

68759

Spanish

sistema de línea lateral

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/217165

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Created 5/30/14, last modified 1/19/16