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29 Cards in this Set
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Coelom |
an internal space to house the internal organs. Found in vertabrets |
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Buoyancy mechanisms |
swim bladders neutral buoyancy lipids in gas bladder air breathers dont have bladder |
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swim bladders |
bony fish |
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Liver |
cartilaginous fish |
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lipids in gas bladder |
deep sea fishes |
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do not need swim bladder |
air breathers |
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Ampullae of lorenzini |
detects small changes of the electric field |
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hyposmolal |
teleosts and lampreys Waterlo flows from blood to the sea |
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Hyperosmolal |
Coelacanths and cartilaginous |
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Ammonotely |
bony fishes release ammonia via skin, gills and ammonia |
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Ureotely |
mammals sythesize urea from ammonia in the urea cycle. Less toxic and can conentrate |
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Uricotely |
Reptiles and birds conserve water by producing uric acid |
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Poilkilotherm |
Variable Body Temp |
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Homeotherm |
Stable Body Temp |
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Regional Heterothermy |
different temperatures at different body parts |
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Lecithotrophy |
Yolk Nourishment |
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Matrophy |
Female reproductive tract nourishment |
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Oviparity |
hatch from an egg |
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Ovoviviparity |
reproductive tract then develop to live birth |
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Viviparity |
Birth of fully developed young |
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Anguilliform |
Locomotion, More than half the body sinusoidal wavelength
Eels |
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Carangiform |
Caudal region undergoes undulation Herring, jack |
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Ostracilform |
Caudal fin provides undualtion |
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Labriform |
propel themselves with pectoral fins |
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Protandy |
Start life as a male and changes to female |
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Protogyny |
Start life as female change to male |
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Actinopterygian Reproduction |
Oviparous Viviparous |
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Mesopelagic |
deep sea |
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Bathypelagic |
open water |
