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What is the name of this shark? |
Squalus Acanthius |
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Saggital Plane |
Left and Right |
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Uterus |
Lower Organ where offspring are conceived |
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Pericardial Cavity |
Layer of space formed between two serous tissues, holds heart and branching arteries |
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Testes |
Holds sperm for male reproductive system |
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Ovaries |
Two cream colored organs holding female eggs |
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Heart |
Two halves atrium and ventricles |
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Efferent Brachial Arteries |
Brings blood to fins and back to heart |
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Atrium |
Smaller and function in forcing blood into ventricles |
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Gill Rakers |
Increases surface area of gills for increased oxygen intake |
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Ventricle |
Contracts blood to the rest of the body |
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Gill Arches |
Made of cartilaginous arches that supports gills and gill rakers |
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Nares |
Detects chemicals in the water |
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Ampullae |
Allows the shark to detect prey by feeling vibrations |
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Spiracles |
Openings on the head, allows water to pass through gills even when the mouth is closed |
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Gill Slits |
Allows water to exit after passing over the gills, 5 count |
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Lateral Line |
A pale line beginning at the pectoral fins and ending at the pelvic fins' small openings that open into the underlying lateral line canal, a sensory organ that detect water movement. |
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Cloaca |
The digestive tracts exit and opening for the sex organs |
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Claspers |
A finger like protruder that assists in sperm transferring during mating |
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Myomers |
Muscle bundles of segmented muscles in the trunk and tail arranged in a zig zag pattern. |
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Myosepta |
Where the muscle originates and inserts |
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Pleuropitoneal Cavity |
Holds all organs in the abdominal cavity such as liver gallbladder stomach pancreas |
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Gall Bladder |
Functions in storage and floatation has 3 lobes liver functions in the storage of bile secreted from the liver located within the smaller lobe of the liver |
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Adductor Muscle |
A large muscle just caudal to the eye and is the main muscle in closing the jaw |
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Esophagus |
Connects mouth to stomach |
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Esophageal Papillae |
Moves food to the stomach |
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Stomach |
J shaped organ has cardiac part and pyloric part functions in digestion |
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Pyloric Sphyncter |
A muscular ring which opens and closes the stomach to the intestines |
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Duodenum |
Receives bile from the gullbladder its right after the stomach |
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Colon |
Absorbs water and salts from solid wastes before its stored in the rectum |
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Illeum and Spiral Valve |
Absorbs nutrients like B12 and bile salts |
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Rectum |
Where excretory matter is absorbed before disposal |
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Rectal Gland |
Small organ that opens up into the rectum pumps blood through sharks body |
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Spleen |
Creates blood and is a main part of the sharks immune system |
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Pancreas |
Digestive gland that produces digestive enzymes and hormones |
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Midsaggital Plane |
Divides into equal left and right halves |
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Transverse Plane |
Divides upper and lower |
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Frontal Plane |
Divides dorsal and ventral |