Mammal Flashcards
Mammary glands
a gland in a woman’s breast or in a female animal that produces milk
Diaphragm
a dome-shaped, muscular partition separating the thorax from the abdomen in mammals. It plays a major role in breathing, as its contraction increases the volume of the thorax and so inflates the lungs.
Endothermic
accompanied by or requiring the absorption of heat.
(of a compound) requiring a net input of heat for its formation from its constituent elements.
Hair
a thin threadlike growth from the skin of a person or animal
incisors
It is called subsection to a text that is inserted into another to explain something related to the first and with some grammatical autonomy. Paragraphs are marked with three signs
Canines (the teeth)
a pointed tooth incisors and premolars Between the of a mammal, Often Greatly enlarged in carnivores.
Molars
a grinding tooth at the back of a mammal’s mouth.
Sexual reproduction
the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes). In most higher organisms, one sex (male) produces a small motile gamete that travels to fuse with a larger stationary gamete produced by the other (female).
Placenta
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant euthanasia mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord.
Gestation period
a flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the fetus through the umbilical cord
Anteaters, Armadillos, sloths
Xenarthra group
Insectivores
is a carnivorous plant that eats insects. An alternative term is entomology, which also refers to the human practice of eating insects. The first insectivorous vertebrates were amphibians.
Rodents
a small animal (such as a mouse, rat, squirrel, or beaver) that has sharp front teeth
Rabbits, Hares, Pikas
Lagomorpha group
Flying mammals
Bat, Grouping of all living beings with more or less complex organs, with which they move about and feed themselve