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Lemurs tarsiers monkeys and apes evolved as small arboreal animals 65 million years ago |
Primates |
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Stays in trees; never touched the ground |
Arboreal |
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Small, nocturnal tree-dwellers |
Tarsiers |
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Mammals with placenta |
Eutharian |
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Extra stomach chamber |
Rumen |
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Humans and four other groups of apes (gibbons, gorillas, orangutans, chimps) |
Hominoids |
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Walk on two legs |
Bipedal |
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Has four limbs |
Tetrapod |
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The only fully arboreal apes |
Gibbons |
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Largest of the apes, are fully terrestrial |
Gorillas |
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Lost most of its original function in the course of evolution |
Vestigial |
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History of species |
Phylogeny |
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Partly digested food that comes up from the stomach |
Cud |
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A higher primate, especially ape |
Anthropoid |
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Used for nourishing and maintaining babies in the womb |
Placenta |
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Shy and solitary live in the rainforest |
Orangutans |
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Involving only one partner |
Monogamous |
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Make use of tools, 99% same as humans evolution says we came from them |
Chimps |
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Only live in Madagascar |
Lemurs |
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Produces hormones |
Endocrine |
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Support, cushion, between vertebrae |
Cartilage |
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Blood supply, hard, living |
Bone |
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Oxygen blood |
RBC |
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Help fight toxins in the body |
WBC |
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Clotting |
Platelets |
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Receive signals from other neurons |
Dendrite |
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Carries signals to symphatic terrestrials |
Axon |
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Used to moisten food |
Crop |
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Tube-shaped sac attached to an opening into the lower end of the long intestine |
Appendix |
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Long gland behind the stomach that secretes digestive enzymes |
Pancreas |
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System that carries fluids and vitals through the body |
Circulatory |
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Pouch connected to the junction of the small and large intestine |
Cecum |
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Relating to or affecting the region where the stomach opens into the duodenum |
Pyloric |
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The contracting and relaxing of the stomach muscles that creates moment of contents |
Peristalsis |
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Fluid that aids digestion |
Bile |
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Consisting of gastric juices and part digested food |
Chyme |
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Small rounded mass of a substance especially of chewed food |
Bolus |
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Projections from the surface of some cells |
Microvilli |
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Large gandular organ in the abdomen of vertebrates, involved in many metabolic processes |
Liver |
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Place where bile is stored |
Gallbladder |
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Specialized contractile tissue |
Muscle |
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Allows gas exchange in the Body |
Respiratory |
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Protects internal body structures |
Integumentary |
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Pumping and transporting blood through the body |
Cardiovascular |
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White blood cells, help fight toxins in the body |
Immune |
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Fat |
Adipose |
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Liquid tissue |
Blood |
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Cartilage, tendons |
Fibrous |