Talk:Shark anatomy

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Citation Addition
A citation is needed in the Respiratory System section, in the last sentence of the first paragraph. Bottom-dwelling sharks such as the Angel Shark use spiracles to take in water for breathing. Rays use spiracles to pump water over the gills for oxygen. I would like to add as a citation.

Possible Edits For This Page
This page could use a lot of work. A possible change could be having "integument" as its own heading and rearranging the order to have "skin" as a subheading and then "placoid scales" as a subheading along with adding "ampullae of Lorenzini" as another subheading. These are all components of the integument, so rearranging the order here could be very beneficial. The "placoid scale" main article should also be switched to dermal denticle, and this article needs to be deleted from the "integument" section. The first paragraph of the "integument" section could also use some citations. The "muscles" section could also benefit from being split off into two more subheadings that would "red locomotor muscle" and "white locomotor muscle" which are the two main muscles in sharks. This page as a whole could also use more images, specifically under the "muscles" section along with the "integument" section. AlyssaJordan (talk) 01:13, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Proposed Edits for the page
This page could really benefit from adding the five chordate synapomorphies and how they evolved to benefit sharks; this could be placed at the beginning of the page to set up the rest of the topics discussed. I also believe that the Shark "Internal Organ" section really needs improvement and edits especially since the section is currently incomplete and missing key elements/ structures. The page overall could also benefit from more images too. Taylorstokes21 (talk) 20:46, 4 May 2021 (UTC)Taylor StokesTaylorstokes21 (talk) 20:46, 4 May 2021 (UTC)