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Life Science Hembree
vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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vertebrate | animal with a backbone. |
endoskeleton | gives primary support to an animal inside there body. |
bone | gives vertebrates a strong support system. |
cartilage | strong but more flexible than bone also gives support. |
vertebral colomn | a series of similar bones that support the body and protect the spinal cord. |
skull | covers and protects the brain. |
oxygenated blood | carries abundant oxygen. |
deoxygenated blood | has given most of its oxygen to the bodys cells |
gill | take oxygen from the water |
lung | air chambers inside an animals body were blood can obtain oxygen |
diaphram | a thin layer of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen |
central nervous system | made up of the brain and the spinal cord. |
brain | protected by the skull |
spinal cord | protected by bones |
peripheral nervous system | made of nerves |
sensory organ | sensory receptors |
stomoch | food digests |
small intestine | moves food to stomoch |
liver | cleans blood and seperates wastes |