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Chapter 3 Vertebra:)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Swim Bladder | An internal gas-filled organ that helps a boney fish stabilize its body at different water depths. |
| Buoyant Forces | The force that water exerts upward on any underwater object. |
| Fish | An ectothermic vertebrate that lives in the water and has fins. |
| Chordate | The phylum whose members have notochords, a nerve chord, and slits in their throat area at some point in their lives. |
| Notochord | A flexible rod that supports a chordate's back. |
| Endotherm | An animal whose body controls and regulates its temperature by controlling the internal heat it produces. |
| Cartilage | A flexible, strong tissue that is softer than bone. |
| Vertebra(e) | The bones that make up the back bone of an animal. |
| Ectotherm | An animal whose body does not produce much internal heat. |
| Amphibian | An ectothermic vertebrate that spends its early life in water and its adulthood on land, returning to water to reproduce. |
| Urine | The watery fluid in which the waste produced by an animal's cells are excreted. |
| Ventricle | The lower chamber of the heart, which pumps blood out to the lungs and body. |
| Sedimentary Rock | rocks formed from hardened layers of sediments-particlesof clay, sand, mud, or silt. |
| Reptile | An exothermic vertebarte that has lungs and scaly skin. |
| Paleotologist | A scientist who studies extinct organisms, examines fossil structures, and makes comparisons to present-day organisms |
| Habitat | the specific environment in which an animal lives. |
| Fossil | The hardened remains or ather evidence of a living thing that existed a long time in the past. |
| Atrium | an upper chamber of the heart. |