Organ Systems
This is made up of ventricles and atria.
What is the heart?
Chondrichthyes.
What are cartilaginous fish called?
Some secrete poison from pores in their skin.
What are Amphibians?
Specialized structures that mammals who live in cold environments need to keep warm.
What is blubber and fur?
Scientists who study birds.
What are Ornithologists?
The Musculoskeletal System.
What system allows animals to move?
Osteichthyes.
What are boney fish called?
Lay amniotic eggs, ectothermic, dry skin.
What are some characteristics of Reptiles?
This part of their endocrine system produces milk.
What are mammary glands?
Birds of prey, water birds, flightless birds, perching birds.
What are some different types of birds?
Protects the organism from foreign invaders.
What does the Immune System do?
4-chambered heart, 2-loop circulatory system, carnivores and herbivores, legs and no legs.
What are some characteristics of Reptiles?
3-chambered heart, 2-loop circulatory system, ectothermic, gills or lungs.
What are some characteristics of Amphibians?
The muscle found between the chest cavity and the abdominal cavity that causes air to move into and out of the lungs.
What is the diaphragm?
Flight feathers, contour feathers, mating feathers, and down feathers.
What are the 4 types of bird feathers?
Ligaments, tendons, cartilage, extracellular matrix, and fat.
What does the Connective System consist of?
2-chambered heart, 1-loop circulatory system, ectothermic, lateral line nervous system.
What are some characteristics of Fish?
4-chambered heart, 2-loop circulatory system,
What are some characteristics of Mammals?
A temporary organ that provides nutrition and gas exchange to the developing baby from the mother's blood.
What is the placenta?
Empty spaces that fill with air when the bird is flying.
What are air sacs?
The Endocrine System.
What system releases chemical messengers into the blood and aids in communication between tissues and organs?
Thin smooth skin, live near water, metamorphosis.
What are some characteristics of Amphibians?
Rhynchocephalia, Testudines, Dinosauria, Crocodillia, Squamata, Lizards.
What are Orders of Reptilia?
Bats.
What is the only type of mammal that can fly?
They are hollow.
What is a unique feature of bird's bones that makes it easier for them to fly?