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15 Cards in this Set
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Scales
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Thin, overlapping plates that form a protective outer covering on fish, reptiles, and the legs of birds
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Integumentary System
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Largest organ system of an animal, consisting of skin, hair, and nails
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Cartilage
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Rubbery, fibrous, dense connective tissue;harder than ligaments, softer than bone
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Gill
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Respiratory organ in aquatic animals, filters oxygen from water
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Barbels
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Whisker like projections that help find food in murky water
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Nicitating Membrane
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Moves across eyeball for protection
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Carapace and Plastron
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Respective top and bottom parts of a turtle or tortoise's shell
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Yolk
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Yellow nutrient-containing sac in egg that supports growth of embryo
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Monotreme
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Most primitive and only egg-laying mammals
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Marsupial
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Mammal that gives birth to under-developed young and stores them in pouch on abdomen
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Hair
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Filamentous outgrowth of epidermis
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Incubate
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To maintain eggs at optimum conditions for growth
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Altricial and Precocial Young
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Require care and don't require care at birth, respectively
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Medulla Oblongata
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Part of brain stem that connects brain to spinal cord and is responsible for breathing, heart rhythms, and swallowing
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Jacobson's Organ
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Odor detecting organ in the mouths of snakes
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