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Extraordinary Animals
"C" in Biology
Animals Orders
100
occur when the immune system cannot tell the difference between foreign antigens and normal body cells
What is an autoimmune disease?
100
another name for the large intestine
What is the colon?
100
probably the most intelligent animal
What is the chimpanzee?
100
The cells that cause a fish’s or amphibian's skin to change color
What is chromatophores?
100
order of gnawing mammals such as squirrels and mice
What is Rodentia?
200
inability to move muscles
What is paralysis?
200
another name for the throat
What is the pharynx?
200
the only lizard that can make a loud noise
What is the gecko?
200
The surgical procedure for delivering a baby through the walls of the abdomen and uterus
What are cesarean section?
200
the only member of order marsupial that is native to North America
What is the opossum?
300
an inflammation of the lungs caused by fungal, bacterial, or viral infection
What is pneumonia?
300
the organ that stores bile
What is the gallbladder?
300
the world’s largest fish
What is the whale shark?
300
The part of the brain that functions primarily to coordinate skeletal muscle activity
What is the cerebellum?
300
order of mammals that includes egg-laying mammals such as echidnas
What is monotremata?
400
high blood pressure
What is hypertension?
400
The wavelike contractions of the alimentary canal that move food along
What is peristalsis?
400
the fastest known snake
What is the black mamba?
400
A serious liver disease that is common among alcoholics
What is cirrhosis?
400
Order of insects that includes social insects such as ants, bees, and wasps
What is Hymenoptera?
500
deterioration of myelin sheaths of nerves and hardened patches of tissue in the brain and spinal cord
What is multiple sclerosis?
500
The first portion of the small intestine into which the stomach empties
What is the duodenum?
500
the only cephalopod with an external shell
What is the nautilus?
500
slender, burrowing, wormlike amphibians in order Apoda
What are caecilians?
500
order of mammals that includes sea cows such as manatees and dugongs
What is sirenia?
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