Name of organ
Circulates blood though out the body.
What is the Heart?
8
What is the heart?
Allows a fish to breathe underwater. Where the exchange of oxygen happens.
What is the name of the fish we dissected?
Perch
It is used to stabilize the fish against rolling and to assist in sudden turns.
What is the Dorsal fin?
This organ aids in producing eggs in females and milt for males during spawningl
What is the reproductive organs?
11
What is the stomach?
Muscle
Provides movement and locomotion
An organ that attaches to the esophagus.
What is the stomach?
A hard bony, plate-like flap that covers the gills of a bony fish.
What is the Operculum?
Filters liquid waste materials from the blood, and these wastes are then passed out of the body.
What is the Kidney?
2
What is the kidney?
Spine
What is the primary structural framework upon which the fish's body is built. Connects the skull to the tail.
Covers the outside of the fish
what is the scale?
This is the powerhouse for movement forward.
What is the Caudal Fin?
Assists in the digestion by secreting enzymes that breakdown fats, and also serves as a storage area for fats and carbohydrates.
What is the liver?
4
What is the swim bladder?
Brain
What is the control center of the fish, where automatic functions such as respiration, and higher behaviors occur.
If a fish has 5 winter rings on its scale how old is it?
5 years
Vent
Where the site for waste elimination and an outlet for eggs occur.
Hollow gas filled balance organ that allows fish to conserve energy by maintaining neutral buoyancy in water.
What is the swim bladder?
10
What is the liver?
Lateral line
What is a primary sense organ and detects underwater vibrations and capable of determining the direction of their source.
List 5 characteristics of a fish
Vent, Caudal fin, Dorsal fin, spine, gills
2 fins used for steering the fish.
Pectoral and pelvic