Phylum Chordata Flashcards
Vertebrae
Segments of bone or hard substance arranged into a backbone.
Notochord
Rod of though ,flexible material that runs the length of a creatures body, and provides the majority of support.
Endoskeleton
A skeleton inside the creatures body. made up of bone of cartilage
Bone marrow
A soft tissue inside the bone that produces blood cells.
Axial skeleton
The part of the skeleton that supports and protects the head ,neck, and trunk.
Appendicular Skeleton
The part of the skeleton that attaches to the axial skeleton and has the limbs attached to it.
Closed circulatory system
The oxygen carrying blood cells never leave the blood vessels.
Arteries
Carry blood away from the heart.
Capillaries
Tiny thin walled blood vessels that allow the exchange of gases and nutrients between the blood and the cells of the body.
Veins
Carry blood back to the heart
Olfactory lobes
The lobes of the brain that receive signals from the receptors in the nose.
Cerebrum
The lobes of the brain that integrate sensory information and coordinate the creatures response to that info.
Optic lobes
The lobes of the brain that receive signals from the receptors in the eyes.
Cerebellum
The lobe that controls involuntary actions and refines muscle movement.
Medulla oblongata
The lobes that coordinate vital functions such as circulatory and respiratory systems and transport signals form the brain to the spinal chord.
Internal fertilization
The eggs are fertilized in the body.
External fertilization
The eggs are fertilized outside the body.
Oviparous development
Development that occurs in an egg that is hatched outside of the body.
Ovoviviparous development
Development that occurs in an egg that is hatched inside the body.
Viviparous development
Development that happens inside the body.
Anadromous
A life cycle where creatures are hatched in fresh water, migrate to salt water as adults, and go back to fresh water to reproduce.
Bile
A mixture of salts and phospholipids that aids in the breakdown of fat.
Atrium
A heart chamber that receives blood.
Ventricle
A heart chamber that pumps blood out of the heart.
Ectothermic (Cold Blooded)
Lacking an internal mechanism for regulating body heat.
Hibernation
A deep state of low activity
Class Amphibia
Frog, toad, salamander
Class Chondrichthyes
Sharks, ray, skate
Class Agnatha
Lamprey eel