Animal Groups
One-toed hoofed animals that include horses and zebras.
Equids
Tough cords that connect muscles to bones
tendons
Marine mammals with comb-like plates
baleen whale
muscles that move without thinking
involuntary
science of classification
taxonomy
Mammals that chew cud
Bovids
Individual bones that your backbone is made up of
vertebrae
Largest mammal
blue whale
straw coloured liquid in your blood
plasma
tail capable of grabbing
prehensile tail
Gnawing animals with two upper incisor teeth
Rodents
Where two bones meet
joint
Manatee's nickname
sea cow
The organ the cranium protects
brain
Ability of an object to be cut into equal halves
symmetry
Monkeys and apes
Primates
Top layer of skin
epidermis
name the thick layer under the skin to keep them warm
blubber
part of the body -contains most of the vital organs
trunk
% of your body's mass that is water
70%
All mammals with hooves
Ungulates
The soft tissue in the centre of long bones
marrow
dolphins swim together in groups
pods
break in a bone
fracture
Tiny sacs found in mammal lungs
alveoli