Phylum Chordata Amphibia Flashcards
Is to frogs as ear canal is to humans
Eustachian tubes
Containing oxygenated blood from lungs
Pulmonary vein
Adult salamander will gills
Mud puppy
Age of Amphibians
Carboniferous period
Frogs and toads
Order Anura
Greek translation of “ Amphibian “
Double Life
Caecilians
Order apoda
Ancestral lobe-fin
Tiktaalik
Transparent third eyelid
Nictitating membrane
Heart chamber for receiving blood
Atrium
anterior vessel from the heart
Conus arteriosus
Including Newts and salamanders
Order Urodela
Legless modern Amphibian
Chikilidae
Triple functioned organ
Cloaca
Chamber for pumping blood
Ventricle
Amphibian external eardrum
Tympanic Membrane
Is to frogs as nostrils are to humans
Internal Nares
Larval form
Tadpole
Why are they called “ double life “
They live in both water and on land
Challenges to terrestrial life:
- dedication of body
- breathing air
- eggs require moisture
- gravity and supporting body
where does the left and right atrium receive blood from
Left: atrium receives blood from lungs
Right: atrium receives blood from body