chapter 11 Flashcards
(36 cards)
What do Animals without teeth use during mechanical digestion?
Gizzards
What happens during Chemical digestion?
The digestive system uses chemicals to break down food and absorb nutients
Through wat organ are nutrients absorbed into the blood stream?
Intestines
What is undigested food expelled through?
The Anus
What do Snails and slugs use to eat?
Radula
What do insects use to eat?
Mandibles
What do leaf eating mammals use to eat?
incisors and molars
What parts of a plant do herbivores eat?
leaves, roots and flowers (not stems)
What is it called when coral expels algea?
Coral bleaching
What happens during coral bleaching?
Coral expels algea
Through wat is cell waste removed through?
The excretory system or Excretion
In vertibrates where does blood travel through?
The kidney
What is circulation?
The process of transporting nutrients through the body
What liquid is used in open circulatory systems?
Hemolymph
What Carries blood away from the heart?
Arteries
What carries blood to the heart?
Veins
What pumps blood out of the heart?
Ventricles
What pumps blood into the heart?
Atria
What connects veins and arteries?
Capillaries
What is a Jellyfish’s Skeleton called?
Hydrostatic
What do hydrostatic skeletons rely on?
Fluid pressure
What do Exoskeletons have?
Plates with open joints
What are endoskeletons made up of?
Bones, Cartilage and Ligaments
What are Tendons called?
Ligaments