Fish anatomy
What are gills?
A large flat gill cover on each side of the fish
What is the operculum?
This jawless fish is related to the lamprey
What is the hagfish?
The exoskeleton is made of this hard substance
What is chitin?
resembles a caterpillar but has 2 legs per body segment
What is the millipede?
Fish have this many chambers in their heart.
What is 2?
The middle region of a bony fish
What is the trunk?
This fish causes more injuries to people than all other fish
What is the stingray?
The body segment of the insect containing the most sensory organs
What is the head?
resembles a spider but has no waist
What is the daddy longlegs?
This sensory organ allows sensitivity to pressure change and sensing low frequency vibrations
What is the lateral line?
This fin allows rapid acceleration from a stand still
What is the caudal fin?
The only cartilaginous fish that has an opercula
What is the chimaera?
The body segment of an insect containing the heart
What is the abdomen?
Carnivore with flattened body and many legs
What is the centipede?
This fin allows the fish to angel up or down while swimming
What is the pectoral fin?
This waterproofs the fish's skin and protects from parasites.
What is mucus?
This cartilaginous fish is a parasitic bloodsucker
What is the lamprey?
This part of a spider injects poison into prey
What are the chelicerae?
This insect begins as an egg, grows to a nymph, and molts 5 times
What is the grasshopper?
This part of the fish has concentric growth rings
What are scales?
A fish's skeletal muscles are arranged in _____ to allow the fish to move its body in a wavelike motion.
What are myomeres?
Along with the whale shark, this large shark also eats plankton
What is the basking shark?
This part of the spider cuts and crushes the food
What are the pedipalps?
This bee does not rule the colony but is responsible for reproduction
What is the queen bee?