This is used to regulate buoyancy in bony fish.
What is the Swim (air) bladder?
The phylum of bony fish.
What is Chordata?
Chordates have this type of circulatory system
What is closed?
This is the flexible material which provides support in a chordate.
What is Notochord?
This lobe transmits the sense of smell
What is Olfactory Lobe?
These vessels carry blood away from the heart.
What are arteries?
This covers the gills of bony fish.
What is the Operculum?
What is Jawless?
These animals cannot regulate their internal body temperature.
What are Ecotherms?
What are Skull and Backbone?
This part of the brain is involved in vision.
What is the Optic Lobe?
These blood vessels allow for the exchange of gases and nutrients
The bony fish has this many chambers of its heart.
What is 2?
The class of bony fish.
What is Osteichthyes?
The backbone consists of segments of bone called _____________
What are Vertebra?
Members of this class have an electric field sensor that helps them find prey.
What are Condrichthyes?
This part of the brain controls muscle functions and things like speech, thought, emotions, etc
What is the Cerebrum?
These vessels carry blood back to the heart.
What are Veins?
The chambers of the heart are called _________ and ___________
What are Atrium and Ventricle?
Sharks are in this Class.
What is Chondrichthyes?
This feature in bony fish and sharks detects vibrations in the water.
What is Lateral Line?
What are Lancelets?
This is the lobe of the brain that coordinate vital functions such as circulatory and respiratory systems.
What is Medulla Oblongata?
These are the 4 key features all chordates have at some point in their lives.
What is Tail, Dorsal hallow nerve cord, Pharynegeal slits, and Notochord
These animals are in the subphylum Urochordata
What are Sea Squirts or tunicates?
This term is used when a fish hatches in freshwater and then migrates to salt water as adults.
What is Anadromous?
Tunicates and Lancelets are known as ____________chordates.
What is nonvertebrate?
This part of the brain functions in balance for walking and standing.
What is the Cerebellum?
This type of development occurs when an egg develops and hatches inside a female's body.
What is Ovoviviparous?