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Axial Skeleton
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part of the skeleton that consist of the bones of the head and the trunk of a vertebra
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Cartilage
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A firm, elastic, flexible type of connective tissue of a translucent whiteish or yellowish color gristle
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Closed Circulatory System
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Where the blood remains contained within vessels
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Mammary Glands
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Produces milk and offspring feeds on this nutritious milk
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Endothermic
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Animal whose main source of body heat is generated from cell metabolism
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Ectothermic
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Animals whose main source of body heat is the external environment
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Amniote egg
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A waterproof egg with the shell
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Metamorphosis
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Larvae undergoes a change of body form
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Keel
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A ridge along the breastbone of many birds to which the flight muscles are attached; the Carnia
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Bone
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Whitish tissue making up the skeleton in humans and other vertebrae
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Vertebrae
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The backbone composed of a series of skeleton segments which encloses the nerve cord
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Notachord
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A flexible rod that extends through much of the length of the body
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Feathers
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are modified scales that are made of keratin
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Scales
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Hard overlapping structures made of keratin
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Cephlaochordata
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Chordata subphylum; the presence of a notochord that persist throughout life
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Agnatha
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The class of vertebrates comprising the lamprey, hagfish, and several extinct forms, having no jaws or paired appendages
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Osteichthyes
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The class comprising the bony fish
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Aves
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The class of birds
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What do all Chordates have in common?
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A hollow nerve cord, slits in the Pharynx and gills
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those 3 characteristics
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Which characterize "Cartilaginous Fish"
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L, D, F, and B
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Which characterize "Bony Fish"
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F, D, C, M, and P
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Which characterize "Amphibians"
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O, C, and Q
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Which characterize "Reptiles"
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S, M, R, and C
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Which characterize "Birds"
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T, A, K, N, G, and S
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Which characterize "Mammals"
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H, P, I, and G
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Vertebrates are subdivided into (three) major groups.
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False Seven
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Lampreys are examples or jawless (fish).
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True
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Bony Fish have (exposed gills).
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False Operculum
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The first animals to evolve legs were (birds).
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True
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(Reptiles) spend part of their life cycle in water, part on land.
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False Amphibians
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Only birds and one form of (mammal) are capable of sustained flight
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True
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A high level of activity can be maintained by (ectotherms).
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False Endotherms
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Only (mammals) can provide their offspring with a readily available food source.
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true
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Name the Kingdom, Domain, Class, Phylum, of Birds
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K: Animalia D: Eukoryote C: Aves P: Chordata
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Name the Kingdom, Domain, Class, and Phylum, of Sharks
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K: Animalia D: Eukaryote C: Chondrichthyes P: Chordata
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Name the Kingdom, Domain, Class, and Phylum, of Bony Fish
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K: Animalia D: Eukaryote C: Osteichthyes P: Chordata
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Name the Kingdom, Domain, Class, Phylum, of Frogs
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K: Eukaryote D: Animalia C: Amphibia P: Chordata
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(23.8)
Echinoderm |
They lack body segments, and in most adults form the external parts of the animal radiate from the center like spokes on a wheel.
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Endoskeleton |
The spines and plates are actually parts of a hard internal skeleton.
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Water Vascular System |
A network of water-filled canals
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Tube feet |
The water vascular system branches into structures that function in locomotion, feeding, and respiration.
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Protostomes |
The coelom forms from solid masses of cells in the embryo
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Marsupial
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Embryos born undeveloped then crawl into a pouch
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placental animals
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develop in uterus. Amnion- protective membrane
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Mammalia
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Have mammary glands; are exothermic; have hair, and four chambered heart
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Monotremes
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Lay eggs.
Example is a duckbill platypus |
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precocial birds
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•well developed when hatched
•lay high number of eggs |
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alitrital birds
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•highly dependent when young
•1-3 eggs |
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birds energy facts
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-endothermic
-air sacs, oxygen for cellular respiration -4 chambered heart -eat 2-3x body weight |
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lightweight facts if birds
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-feathers
-hallow bones -no urinary bladder -females have one ovary -no teeth -beak made of keratin :lay eggs |
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General characteristic of reptiles
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scaly skin
most lay eggs waterproof skin many molt |
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reptile examples
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turtles,lizards,snakes,crocodiles
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turtles-reptiles
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-large shell of bony plates covered by scales
-some terrestrial |
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lizards and snakes
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4legs-reptiles
ectothetms Insect mainly diet |
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salamanders
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-500 species
-long slender bodies -tail -scurry .meat eaters |
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caecilians
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- 150 species
-legless -nearly blind -burrow in ground |
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amniotes
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reptiles, birds, mammals
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tetropods
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amphibians
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amphibians
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live part of life on land, part in water
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larval stage of amphibians
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-water
-gills -2 chambered heart -lateral line |
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adault stage of amphibians
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land
3 chambered heart |
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tadpoles
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legless
plant eaters lateral line system aquatic gills long fin tail |
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frogs
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bulging eyes
no tail strong hind legs webbed feet smooth moist skin mainly eats insects |
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vertabrate
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backbone
rib cage skull girdles limb bones appendicular skeleton skeleton of bones/cartilage well developed nervous system closed circulatory system |
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urochordata
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sea squirts
jelly like slits on side of tube sessile filter feed |
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cephalochordates
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keep all 4 charecterics
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lobe finned fish
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muscular fins
not common today |
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Ray finned fish
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trout,bass,perch,tuna
bony fin swim bladder |
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General characteristic of bony fish
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operculum
lateral line system keen smell scales cover skin good eyesight most carnivores air sacs two chambered heart |
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rays
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bitten dwellers
use jaws to crush mollusks enlarged front fins whip like tails |
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sharks
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Marine
dorsal is stabalizer predator Sharp eyesight powerful sense of smell highly developed electro sense lateral line system |
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what are characteristic of the Kingdom Animalia
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1. Eukaryotic
2. Multicellular 3. Organ System 4. Motile 5. Heterotrophic 6. Has Cell Membrane |
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