Model 13 Flashcards
bone marrow
A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells
Cerebrum
The lobes that controls the brain that integrate sensory information and coordinates the creature’s response to that information.
Ectothermic
Lacking an internal mechanism for regulating body heat
Name at least two chordates that have a larval stage as part of their life cycles.
rochordata and Vertebrata
subphylum Urochordata
sea squirt
subphylum Cephalochordates
Lancelet
Class Agnatha
lamprey eel
If an animal’s optic lobes are very small, what, most likely, is its weakest sense?
eye sight
What protein allows red blood cells to perform their function?
Hemoglobin
An animal reproduces when the female lays eggs and the male then fertilizes them. The eggs are then left to develop and hatch. Is fertilization external or internal? What kind of development is this?
External Fertilization, Oviparous development
Which has the most flexible skeleton, a shark, a frog, or a lionfish?
Shark
Know the fish Diagram
see book
What is the major respiratory organ for most amphibians?
Skin
class Chondrichthyes
Ray
class Osteichthyes
Salmon