| 1. | A study of retinal fish lateral line systems.
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| 2. | The lateral line system has prominent open canals.
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| 3. | The receptors of the electrical sense are modified hair cells of the lateral line system.
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| 4. | They use their sensitive fingers, sense of smell, and lateral line system to find food.
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| 5. | Most species of fish and amphibians possess a lateral line system that senses pressure waves in water.
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| 6. | For example, fish can use their lateral line system to follow the vortices produced by fleeing prey.
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| 7. | Tadpoles retain the lateral line system of their ancestral fishes, but this is lost in terrestrial adult amphibians.
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| 8. | The water-based lateral line system was used substantially by these aquatic tetrapods to detect danger from predators.
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| 9. | Terrestrial adults discarded their lateral line systems and adapted their sensory systems to receive stimuli via the medium of the air.
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| 10. | For example, the feet are completely webbed, the body is flattened, and a lateral line system is present.
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