Mammals part a Flashcards
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Def of mammals
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Hairy. Milk producing, endothermic vertebrates
2
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hair is composed of
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Keratin
3
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Pelage (fur coat) made up of two hair types
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Under hair (dense and soft) Insulation Guard Hair (coarse and long) protection and color
4
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Vibrissae
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Whiskers or sensory hairs
5
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Sebaceous Glands
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Secrete and oily misture SEBUM into hair follicles to keep hair and skin soft
6
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Seat Glands
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Occur over must of the body.
Produce sweat for evaporative cooling
7
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Pectoral mammae
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In primates bats elephants manatess sloths
8
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Inguinal mammae
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In most hoofed mammals
9
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Abdominal
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Canid felines, pigs
10
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Endothermy
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Metabolic heat
11
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Ectothermy
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Ambient temperature
12
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Homoethermy
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Steady
13
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Poililothermy
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Changes
14
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Levels of resting metabolism
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Tachymetabolism
Bradymetabolism
15
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What is torpor
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A state of regulated hypothermia in a endotherm lasting a few hours
