Chapter 17 Flashcards
(38 cards)
The endoskeletons of all vertebrate animals have a _______
skull and vertebral column
The walls of a vertebrate heart chamber are made of
muscle
The spinal cord and _______ are part of the central nervous system
brain
The structure that manufactures urine by filtering the blood is the _______
kidney
A fish moves by
flexing its entire body
Lampreys and hagfish differ from other fish because they
have no jaws
What organ do young amphibians have that the adults usually do not have
gills
A frog’s tongue is sticky, used to catch food and __________
attached to the front of its mouth
Amphibian skin may be used in respiration, be smooth and moist, and _____________
secrete distasteful substances
Which sense do snakes not have?
hearing
Similar to but more flexible than bone
cartilage
describes blood that has high carbon dioxide content
deoxygenated
a muscle important to breathing
diaphragm
branches off the spinal cord
spinal nerve
absorbs digested food
small intestine
produces bile
liver
the Komodo dragon is a very large one
lizard
lays its eggs in long strings in the water
toad
a fish that has no jaws
lamprey
has a cartilage skeleton and gills
shark
one-of-a-kind reptile found only in New Zealand
tuatara
a kind of snake with heat detectors
pit viper
a freshwater turtle that may come onto land
terrapin
Be able to label the following parts of a frog’s digestive system
- liver
- small intestine
- esophagus
- gallbladder
- pancreas
use diagram on page 311
