Fish anatomy

Question 1

dentary teeth

Answer 1

teeth attached to the dentary

Question 2

Mandible

Answer 2

lower jaw

Question 3

Pineal organ?

Answer 3

may detect light and may affect the distribution of skin pigments and reproductive behaviour

Question 4

Branchial basket?

Answer 4

surrounds gills and heart

Question 5

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tongue

Question 6

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Question 7

Gall Bladder?

Answer 7

small pouch that sits just under the liver. stores bile produced by the liver.

Question 8

Buccall funnel

Answer 8

a circular, sucker like mouth fringed with cilia called buccal papillae and containing tooth like organs (keratinized teeth)

Question 9

sinus venosus?

Answer 9

the first chamber of the heart that empties into the atrium

Question 10

atrium?

Answer 10

pumps blood into the ventricles

Question 11

palatal teeth

Answer 11

teeth on the palate

Question 12

esophagus

Answer 12

carries food to the stomach

Question 13

gill slits?

Answer 13

any of a series of openingings between the gill arches of a fish, through which water passes from the pharynx to the exterior, bathing the gills in the process

Question 14

Bile duct?

Answer 14

the bile ducts carry bile from the liver and gallbladder through the pancrease to the duodenum which is a part of the small intestine.

Question 15

Pancrease?

Answer 15

is an organ located in the abdomen and it plays an essential role in converting food we eat into fuel for the bodys cell.

Question 16

ventricle?

Answer 16

pumps blood into the arteries

Question 17

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Question 19

Notochord?

Answer 19

unconstructed support of main longitudinal skeleton

Question 20

Branchial tube?

Answer 20

contains the seven gill slits

Question 21

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Question 22

claspers:

Answer 22

an external appendage found on male sharks, skate and rays that are designed to deliver sperm inside of a female

Question 23

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Question 24

Operculum:

Answer 24

is the bony flap covering and protecting the gills

Question 25

premaxillary teeth

Answer 25

teeth on the premaxilla

Question 26

epaxial

Answer 26

muscle situated on the dorsal side

Question 27

transverse septum?

Answer 27

seperating the epaxial and hypaxial muscle

Question 28

palate?

Answer 28

the roof of the mouth, seperating the cavities of the nose and the mouth in vertebrates

Question 29

pyloric-caeca

Answer 29

are finger like projections located in the stomach of many fish species. The pyloric saeca seceret digestive enzymes and increase the surface area in the stomach for nutrient absorption

Question 30

Answer 30

quiz yourself on the paper one too! remember that lingual cartilege is like right behind the tongue and the lingual muscke behind that! and remember heart is right before liver

Question 31

olfactory sac?

Answer 31

enables smell

Question 32

Liver?

Answer 32

the livr plays a central role in all metabolic processes in the body

Question 33

Lateral line?

Answer 33

is a system of sense organs used to detect movement, vibration and pressure gradients in the surrounding water.

Question 34

swim bladder?

Answer 34

a gas filled sac found in many bony fish that helps maintain bouyancy

Question 35

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Question 36

Spiracle:

Answer 36

special gill slits located just behind the eyes. They supply oxygen directly to the eyes and brain of the shark

Question 37

Buccal papillae:

Answer 37

has a sensory function and reinforces suction

Question 38

myomeres?

Answer 38

muscle fibers folded into a complex W shaped configuration, facilitates movement

Question 39

Answer 39

and rostrum is the nose!

Question 40

conus arteriosus?

Answer 40

primary function is to prevent the backflow of blood and keep a steady flow of blood into the ventral aorta and the gills.

Question 41

maxillary teeth

Answer 41

teeth on the maxilla

Question 42

Answer 42

buccal pappilae

Question 43

the pharynx in the lamprey is supported by what?

Answer 43

lingual cartilege and muscle

Question 44

Maxilla

Answer 44

upper jaw

Question 45

myosepta?

Answer 45

connective tissue

Question 46

Answer 46

missing is the ovary and bile duct which is also under the liver!

Question 47

hypaxial

Answer 47

muscle situated on the ventral side