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38 Cards in this Set
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Renal Papillae
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Wolfian duct empties here.
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Pancreas
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Secretes enzymes that aid in digestion.
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Caudal Fin
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Propels the shark forward.
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Rectal Gland
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Controls ion balance by secreting a salty solution.
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Liver
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Manufactures bile and stores the carbohydrate glycogen. Puts nutrients from intestine into the bloodstream.
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Lateral Line
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Senses water currents.
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Esophagus
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Moistens food as it brings it from the mouth to the stomach.
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Pectoral Fin
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Controls the shark's pitch in the water.
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Stomach
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Stores and mixes food bolus.
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Mesorchium
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A mesentery that holds the testis in place.
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Bile
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Produced by liver, stored in gall bladder, digests fats.
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Notochord
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Cartalaginous supportive structure, houses spinal cord.
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Shell Gland
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A gland within the oviduct that places a sheath on eggs.
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Pyloric Sphincter
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Controls the flow of food between stomach and intestine.
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Peritoneum
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Attaches organs to body wall, holding them in place.
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Duodenum
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Intestinal strucure first to receive food from the stomach.
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Spiracle
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Non-respitory opening to the pharynx.
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Intestine
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Main site of food digestion.
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Wollfian duct
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Collects waste from the kidneys and carries it to the cloaca.
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Cloaca
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Common opening for the digestive and reproductive tracts.
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Ovary
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Eggs are produced and mature here.
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Kidney
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Regulates water and ion levels in shark.
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Spleen
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Maintains the health of the blood.
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Dorsal Aorta
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Carries oxygenated blood to the entire body.
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Affarent Brachial Artery
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Branchs off ventral aorta to take blood to the gills.
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Ventricle
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Pumps blood out of the heart.
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Sinus Venosus
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Blood that returns to the heart gathers here before entering. Deoxygenated blood.
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Conus Arterious
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After blood leaves the ventricle it passes through here. Deoxygenated blood.
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Efferent Brachial Artery
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Come together to form the dorsal aorta.
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Atrium
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The chamber of the heart that receives blood.
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Gills
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Gas exchange occurs here.
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Cerebrum
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Cognitive thinking and problem solving, thought procosses occur here.
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Cerebellum
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Controls motor skills and balance.
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Medulla Oblongata
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Responsible for involuntary reflexes such as breathing.
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Olfactory Lobe
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Interprets scents that reach the brain.
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Olfactory Bulb
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This structure picks up scent in the water.
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Optic Lobe
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Interprets visual stimuli that reach the brain.
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Bile Duct
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Connects the duodenum and the gall bladder.
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