Practical 2 Vocabulary

Question 1

Nictitating membrane

Answer 1

3rd eyelid to protect eye

Question 2

Tympanic membrane

Answer 2

external eardrum

Question 3

Atlas

Answer 3

first neck vertebrae after the skull, allowing for up/down nodding motion

Question 4

Urostyle

Answer 4

fused tail vertebrae to support jumping

Question 5

Pulmonary Circuit System

Answer 5

delivers deoxygenated blood to the lungs to pick up o2

Question 6

Systemic Circuit System

Answer 6

delivers oxygenated blood to the body and brings deoxygenated from the body to the heart

Question 7

Cloaca

Answer 7

common cavity for reproductive and waste products before passing out of the body

Question 8

Amplexus

Answer 8

external fertilization of eggs

Question 9

Paedomorphosis

Answer 9

retaining juvenile or larval traits

Question 10

Amniotic egg

Answer 10

shelled or internalized embryo with nutrients that allows for development outside of water

Question 11

Direct development

Answer 11

no larval stage

Question 12

Ectothermic

Answer 12

rely on environment for temperature determination

Question 13

Anapsid

Answer 13

no temporal openings in the skull

Question 14

Synapsid

Answer 14

one pair of temporal openings in skull

Question 15

Diapsid

Answer 15

two pairs of temporal openings in the skull

Question 16

Carapace

Answer 16

top (dorsal) part of shell

Question 17

Plastron

Answer 17

bottom (ventral) part