flexible, tough material that makes up vertebrate skeletons or parts of vertebrate skeletons.

group of cells that develops from the embyo's ectoderm and contributes to the develpment of many vertebrate structures.

Paddle-shaped structure of a fish or other aquatic animal used for steering, balance, and propulsion.

small, flat, platelike structure near the surface of the skin of most fishes; can be ctenoid, cycloid, placoid, or ganoid.

movable, protective flap that covers a fish's gills and helps to pump water that enters the mouth and moves over the gills.

Heart chamber that receives blood from the body.

the heart chamber that pumps blood form the heart to the gills.

sensory receptor that enabel the fishes to detect vibreations, or sound waves, in water.

process by which male and female fishes release their gametes near each other in the water

gas-filled internal space bony fishes that allows them to regulate their buoyancy

four-footed animal with legs that have feet and toes with joints.

In amphibians, the chamber that receives digestiv waste, urinary waste, and eggs or sperm befoe they leave the body.

in amphibians, the tranparent eylid that moves across the ey to preennt it from drying out on land and to protect it under water.

Animal that cannot regulate its body temperature through its metabolism and obtains its body hear form the external environment.

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Chapter 28 Vocab-

"Fishes and Amphibians"

Question	Answer
Cartilage	flexible, tough material that makes up vertebrate skeletons or parts of vertebrate skeletons.
Neural Crest	group of cells that develops from the embyo's ectoderm and contributes to the develpment of many vertebrate structures.
Fin	Paddle-shaped structure of a fish or other aquatic animal used for steering, balance, and propulsion.
Scale	small, flat, platelike structure near the surface of the skin of most fishes; can be ctenoid, cycloid, placoid, or ganoid.
Operculum	movable, protective flap that covers a fish's gills and helps to pump water that enters the mouth and moves over the gills.
Atrium	Heart chamber that receives blood from the body.
Ventricle	the heart chamber that pumps blood form the heart to the gills.
Nephron	filtering unit of the kidney.
Lateral line system	sensory receptor that enabel the fishes to detect vibreations, or sound waves, in water.
Spawning	process by which male and female fishes release their gametes near each other in the water
Swim bladder	gas-filled internal space bony fishes that allows them to regulate their buoyancy
Tetrapod	four-footed animal with legs that have feet and toes with joints.
Cloaca	In amphibians, the chamber that receives digestiv waste, urinary waste, and eggs or sperm befoe they leave the body.
Nictitating Membrane	in amphibians, the tranparent eylid that moves across the ey to preennt it from drying out on land and to protect it under water.
Tympanic Membrane	eardrum
Ectotherm	Animal that cannot regulate its body temperature through its metabolism and obtains its body hear form the external environment.

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