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20 Cards in this Set
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baleen
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fingy plates that hang from a baleen whale's head
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blowhole
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nose; located on top of whale's head
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dorsal fin
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"topside" fin used to keep whale strait
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ear
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tiny opening; nonfunctual
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esophagus
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tube that carries food from the mouth to stomach
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eye
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located on side of body. can only see to the side
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flipper
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like an arm, used for turning
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flukes
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tail used for swimming; moves up and down
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forestomach
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first stomach; used for grinding down food
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intestine
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absorbes the nutrients from the food
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lungs
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organs used for breathing
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mammary glands
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milk producing organs inside a female's body located on underside
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midstomach
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second stomach; further breaks down food
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pyloric stomach
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third stomach; shape like intestine
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ribs
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protects the lungs; flexible
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rostrum
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long flat ridge on a baleen whale's head
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splashguard
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ridge on top of whale's head; in front of the blowhole
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tongue
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used to drive water out of mouth or to clean out mouth
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trachea
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passage that carries air from lungs to nostrils
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ventral pleats
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grooves on the underside of a whale's mouth; expand to hold more water
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