Fish Vocab

Question 1

Serves as a flexible bony case for the spinal cord

Answer 1

Vertebral column

Question 2

A group of embryonic cells that separate from the neural plate during neurulation

Answer 2

Neural crest

Question 3

winglike or paddlelike organ attached to any of various parts of the body of fishes

Answer 3

Fin

Question 4

an outer protective layer made up of flat, rigid, overlapping plates. An example of scale is the skin of a fish

Answer 4

Scale

Question 5

A bony plate that covers and protects the gills of most bony fishes.

Answer 5

Operculum

Question 6

a chamber, used in anatomical nomenclature to designate a chamber affording entrance to another structure or organ

Answer 6

Atrium

Question 7

The chamber on the left side of the heart that receives arterial blood from the left atrium and contracts to force it into the aorta.

Answer 7

Ventricle

Question 8

the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney.

Answer 8

Nephron

Question 9

a system of sense organs found in aquatic vertebrates, used to detect movement and vibration in the surrounding water.

Answer 9

Lateral Line

Question 10

the process of releasing the eggs and sperm

Answer 10

Spawning

Question 11

an internal gas-filled organ that contributes to the ability of many bony fish

Answer 11

Swim bladder

Question 12

Any of various primitive fish of the class Agnatha that lack jaws

Answer 12

Jaw less fish

Question 13

Any class of fish having the skeleton wholly or largely composed of cartilage

Answer 13

cartilaginous fish

Question 14

Any of numerous ray-finned fishes

Answer 14

Bony fish

Question 15

Age of Fishes

Answer 15

Devonian fish