Test 11 Flashcards
Chapters 18.4-21.5
What animals live on land and in water?
Amphibians
Amphibians include frogs, toads, salamanders and ________
Caecilians
Cells in frogs and other animals that allow them to change color
Chromatophores
What is a juvenile frog called
Tadpole
Teeth at the top of a frogs mouth
Vomerine teeth
The membrane found in between the intestines that supports the frog’s spleen
Mesentery
Where frogs store fat in their body
Fat bodies
Condition where adult amphibians have larval characteristics
Pedomorphosis
When a fish’s body is mainly made out of bone
Bony fish
Sections of a fish
Head-trunk-tail
Gill covering
Operculum
2 sets of paired fins
Pectoral and pelvic
What are the tail fins called
Caudal fins
W shaped muscles in a fish
Myomeres
These let fish breathe underwater and let water mix with oxygen
Gills
In fish that let water mix with carbon dioxide
Gill filaments
Gill filters (?)
Gill rakers
A system of special nerve endings that extends over fish’s head and down the sides of its body.
Lateral line
Laying of fish eggs
Spawning
What are fish eggs called
Roe
Hollow gas filled chambers in fish
Swim bladder
The scale-like structures that cover the skin of sharks and rays
Denticles
Fish that causes most injuries to humans
Stingray
Paired excretory organs found in certain arthropods, particularly crustaceans like crayfish and prawns
Green gland