Module 13 Vocabulary

Question 1

Vertebrae

Answer 1

Segments of bone or some other hard substance that are arranged into a backbone.

Question 2

Notochord

Answer 2

A rod of tough, flexible material that runs the length of the creature’s body, providing the majority of its support.

Question 3

Endoskeleton

Answer 3

A skeleton on the inside of a creature’s body.

Question 4

Endoskeleton

Answer 4

A skeleton on the inside of a creature’s body, typically composed of bone or cartilage.

Question 5

Bone Marrow

Answer 5

A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells.

Question 6

Axial Skeleton

Answer 6

The portion of the skeleton that supports the head, neck, and trunk.

Question 7

Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 7

The portion of the skeleton that attaches to the axial skelton and has the limbs attached to it.

Question 8

Closed Circulatory System

Answer 8

A circulatory system in which the oxygen-carrying blood cells never leave the blood vessles.

Question 9

Arteries

Answer 9

Blood vessles that carry blood away from the heart.

Question 10

Capillaries

Answer 10

Tiny, thin-walled blood vessles that allow for the exchange of gases and nutirents between the blood. and the cells of the body.

Question 11

Veins

Answer 11

Blood vessles. that carry blood back to the heart.

Question 12

Olfactory Lobes

Answer 12

The lobes of the brain that recieve signals from receptors. in the nose.

Question 13

Cerebrum

Answer 13

The lobes of the brain that recieve sensory information an coordinate the creature’s response to that information.

Question 14

Optic Lobes

Answer 14

The lobes of the brain that recieve information from receptors in the eyes.

Question 15

Cerebellum

Answer 15

The lobe that controls involuntary actions and refines. muscle movement.

Question 16

Medulla Oblongata

Answer 16

The lobes that coordinate vital functions, such as those of the circulatory and respiratory systems, and transport signals from the brain to. the spinal cord.

Question 17

Internal Fertalization

Answer 17

The process by which the male places sperm inside the female’s body, where the eggs are fertilized.

Question 18

External Fertilization

Answer 18

The process by which female lays eggs and the male fertelizes them once they are outside the female.

Question 19

Oviparous Development

Answer 19

Development that occurs in an egg that is hatched outside the female’s body.

Question 20

Oviviparous Devlopment

Answer 20

Development that occurs in an egg that is hatched inside the female’s body.

Question 21

Viviparous Development

Answer 21

Development that occurs inside the female, allowing the offspring to gain nutrients. and vital substances from the mother through a placenta.

Question 22

Anadromus

Answer 22

A life cycle in which creatures are hatched in fresh water, migrate to salt water as adults, and then go back to fresh water in order to reproduce.

Question 23

Bile

Answer 23

A mixture of salts and phospholipids that aids. in the breakdown of fat.

Question 24

Atrium

Answer 24

A heart chamber that receives blood.

Question 25

Ventricle

Answer 25

A heart chamber from which blood is pumped out.

Question 26

Ectothermic

Answer 26

Lacking an internal mechanism for regulating body heat.

Question 27

Hibernation

Answer 27

A state of extremly low matabolism and respiration, accompanied by lower-than-normal body temperatures.