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Where did mammals get their name? |
Mammary glands |
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Teeth that have two sets of growth lang |
Diphyodont Teeth |
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This means that a mammal has DIFFERENT types of teeth (ex. canine, molars, premolars, etc) |
Heterodont Teeth |
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What kind of glands are mammal skin covered in? |
sweat, scent, sebaceous, and mammary |
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In the heart, what chamber is persisting? |
Left aortic arch |
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Why is the mandible of a mammal attached to the squamosal skull? |
For stability when it comes to chewing |
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Describe the Red Blood Cells |
Biconcave and non-nucleated |
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Each of two rounded knobs on the occipital bone that form a joint with the first cervical vertebra. |
Occipital Condyles |
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Bones in the nose responsible for humidifying and warming air |
Turbinate bones |
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What is an organ that is unique to monotremes |
Cloaca |
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how are mammal young nourished? |
milk for the mammary glands |
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What part of the nasal cavity is congested when you have sipon? |
convuluted turbinate bones |
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What organ in the respiratory system is unique to mammals. |
Diaphragm |
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Define metanephric |
The pinakadeveloped kidneys |
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What is the anti-congestant sir mentioned? |
oxymetazoline |
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Describe mammalian fertilization. |
Internal embryos that are nourished by a placenta |
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What are the 7 different types of jaw for feeding |
1.) Carnivores 2.) Frugivores (Fruit) 3.) Gnawing (beaver) 4.) Grazing 5.) Insectivore 6.) Omnivore 7.) Piscivore |
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What kind of mammal has this digestive system: simple stomach and large cecum |
Digestive system of an non-ruminant herbivore |
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What kind of mammal has this digestive system: Short intestine and no cecum |
Digestive system of an insectivore |
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What kind of mammal has this digestive system: 4-chambered stomach with large rumen with small and large intestine |
Digestive system of a ruminant herbivore |
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Partially digested food chewed by ruminant herbivores |
Cud |
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What kind of mammal has this digestive system: short intestine and colon with small cecum |
Digestive system of a carnivore |
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The use of sound waves and echoes to determine where objects are in space. |
Echolocation |
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What directs the echolocation clicks? |
Melon |
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What detects incoming sound (the echo of clicks) |
Mandible |
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Where do echolocation clicks come from? |
Jaw |