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Chapter 32 Mammals
Biology (Chapter 32) Review for Sapulpa High School
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Walking on two feet | bipedal locomotion |
| moving the thumb against or facing the other fingers | opposable thumb |
| The ability to merge images from both eyes | binocular vision |
| organ that is used by mammals to feed their newborn. | mammary gland |
| used by mammals to release heat from their body. | sweat glands |
| egg laying mammals | monotremes |
| Mammals that develop in a pouch. | marsupials |
| warm blooded animals | endotherms |
| chisel-like teeth used for cutting, gnawing and grooming. | incisors |
| layer of fat located beneath the skin | subcutaneous fat |
| small, nocturnal primates with large eyes adapter to seeing in the dark | prosimians |
| the outer layer of the cerebrum that is the center of thinking | cerebral cortex |
| a tail that can coil tightly around a branch | prehensile tail |
| teeth that are pointed and are used for piercing, gripping and tearing. | canine |
| teeth that crush and grind food | molars |
| takes two years for the gestestion period of this placental mammal. | elephant |
| kangaroos, koalas and wombats | marsupials |
| spiny anteater and duckbill platypus | monotremes |
| bats | chiroptera |
| apes, lemurs and humans | primates |
| elephants | proboscidea |
| whales and dolphins | cetaceans |
| hedgehogs, moles and shrews | insectivores |
| even hoofed mammal | artiodactyl |
| odd hoofed mammal | perissidactyl |
| rabbits, pikas and hares | lagomorpha |
| bears, tigers and sea lions | carnivores |
| manatees and dugongs | sirenians |
| horse, zebras and rhinos. | perissidactyl |
| goat, sheep and pigs | artiodactyl |
| sloths, anteaters and armadillos | xenarthran |
| squirrels, beavers and gophers | rodents |
| structure that exchange nutrients, oxygen, carbon dioxide and waste between mother and embryo. | placenta |
| flying mammal | bat |
| earliest primates | prosimian |
| muscle that pulls the bottom of the chest cavity downward, pulling air into the lungs. | diaphragm |
| small, nocturnal primate that has large eyes that are adapted to seeing in the dark. | prosimian |
| primate group that includes monkeys, apes and humans | anthropoids |
| a stomach chamber in which newly swallowed plant food is stored and processed. | rumen |
| members of the primate group in which the only living members are humans. | hominids |
| glands in mammals that produce milk | mammary |
| a fifth hand | prehensile tail |
| anthropoid group that is also know as the apes and includes gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, chimpanzees, and humans. | hominoids |