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

group of cells that develops from the embryo's ectoderm and contrbutes to the development of many vertebrate structues

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

small flat platelike structure snear the surface of the skin of most fishes can be ctenoid cycloid placoid or ganoid

movable protective flap that covers a fishs 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 from the heart to the gills

sensory receptors that enable fishes to detect vibrations 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 in bony fishes that allows them to regulate their buoyancy

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

in amphibians he chamber that receives digestive waste urinary waste and eggs or sperm before they leave the body

in amphibians the transparent eyelid moves across the eye to prevent it from drying out on land and to protect it under water

animals that cant regulate its own body temperature through its metabolism and obtains its body heat from the external environment

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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 embryo's ectoderm and contrbutes to the development of many vertebrate structues
fin	paddle-shaped structure of a fish or other aquatic animal used for steering balance and propulsion
scale	small flat platelike structure snear the surface of the skin of most fishes can be ctenoid cycloid placoid or ganoid
operculum	movable protective flap that covers a fishs 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 from the heart to the gills
nephron	filtering unit of the kidney
lateral line system	sensory receptors that enable fishes to detect vibrations 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 in 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 he chamber that receives digestive waste urinary waste and eggs or sperm before they leave the body
nictitation membrane	in amphibians the transparent eyelid moves across the eye to prevent it from drying out on land and to protect it under water
tympanic	eardrum
membrane
ectotherms	animals that cant regulate its own body temperature through its metabolism and obtains its body heat from the external environment

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