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TLCbiology
Exploring Creation With Biology /mod. 16
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| - A shelled, water-retaining egg that allows reptile, bird, and certain mammal embryo to develop. | Amniotic |
| - A poison that attacks the nervous system, causing blindness, paralysis, or suffocation. | Neurotoxin |
| - A poison that attacks the red blood cells and blood vessel, destroying circulation. | Hemotoxin |
| - An organism that is internally warmed by a heat-generating metabolic process. | Endothermic |
| - Feathers with smooth barbules but no hooked barbules. | Down feathers |
| - Feathers with hooked and smooth barbules, allowing the barbules to interlock. | Contour feathers |
| - A structure that allows an embryo to be nourished with the mother's blood supply. | Placenta |
| - The period of time during which an embryo develops before being born. | Gestation |
| - Specialized organs in mammals that produce milk to nourish the young. | Mammary glands |