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24 Cards in this Set
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Actinopterygii |
Fins supported by bony rays and moved by interior muscles. Ray-finned fish |
Salmon, Moray eels, cod |
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Operculum |
Covers the gills of bony fish |
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Osteichthyans |
Bony fish |
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Oviparity |
Eggs pain in mermaid's purse |
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Ovoviparity |
Eggs internal but not attached to placenta |
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Viviparity |
Eggs develop in uterus attached to placenta |
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Chondrichthyes |
Cartilaginous skeleton, denser than water |
Sharks, rays, and skates |
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Gnathostomes |
Vertebrae with jaw bones |
Jaw mouth in Greek |
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Sarcopterygii |
Lobe-finned fish, supported by skeletal extensions of the pectoral and pelvic areas moved by muscles within the fin. Includes tetrapods |
Coelacanths and lung fish |
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Tetrapod |
Vertebrae having 4 legs or leg like appendages |
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Pentadactyl limbs |
Limbs ending in 5 digits |
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Buccal pumping |
The method of breathing used by amphibians. They breath air through the nostrils then close their nose and mouth to force air into the lungs |
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Amniotes |
Shelled egg that allowed tetrapods to live in dry areas |
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Allantois |
Contains the waste from an embryo in the egg |
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Amnion |
Protects embryo in the amniotic cavity |
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Chorion |
Allows for the gas exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in an egg |
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Thoracic breathing |
Coordinated contractions of muscles expands the rib cage, creating a negative pressure to suck air into the lungs |
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Testudines |
Turtles |
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Squamata |
Lizards and snakes, have kinetic skull where the joints between various parts of the skull are extremely mobile |
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Monotremes |
Mammals that lay eggs |
Platypus and echidna |
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Marsupials |
While reproduction is viviparous, offspring are born prematurely and kept in a ventral pouch called a marsupium for further development |
Opossum |
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Eutherians |
Placental mammals |
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Strepsirrhini |
Smaller species of primate |
Lemurs, bus babies |
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Haplorrhini |
Dry nose primate with fully furred nose tip |
Anthropoidea (monkeys) and hominoidea (humans and apes) |
