5. Chordata Flashcards
(19 cards)
All chordates are vertebrates
False
Which specimen are not vertebrates
Tunicates
Which speciman is jawless
lampreys
Which organism is parasitic
lampreys
Endostyle
Secretes mucus to trap food
Scale of Chondrichithyes
placoid
Electromagnetic sensors in shark
Ampullae of lorenzini
Gill cover
operculum
What can be sensed by the lateral line
Vibration and pressure gradient
Role of pyloric caeca
Secretes enzymes into the sromach
Neutral buoyancy
swim bladder
Number of chambers in perch heart
2
Third transparent eyelid of a frog
Nictitating membrane
Number of chambers in a frog heart
3
Number of chambers in a mammalian heart
4
A specimen that uses negative pressure breathing
Pig
Three components of axial skeleton
skull
vertebrae
Ribs
Three components of appendicular skeleton
Pectoral
Pelvic
Limb bones
Scutes
Scales on a turtle’s shell that is homologous to the dermal scales