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Life Science Hembree
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | animal with a backbone. |
| endoskeleton | gives primary support to an animal inside there body. |
| bone | gives vertebrates a strong support system. |
| cartilage | strong but more flexible than bone also gives support. |
| vertebral colomn | a series of similar bones that support the body and protect the spinal cord. |
| skull | covers and protects the brain. |
| oxygenated blood | carries abundant oxygen. |
| deoxygenated blood | has given most of its oxygen to the bodys cells |
| gill | take oxygen from the water |
| lung | air chambers inside an animals body were blood can obtain oxygen |
| diaphram | a thin layer of muscle that separates the chest from the abdomen |
| central nervous system | made up of the brain and the spinal cord. |
| brain | protected by the skull |
| spinal cord | protected by bones |
| peripheral nervous system | made of nerves |
| sensory organ | sensory receptors |
| stomoch | food digests |
| small intestine | moves food to stomoch |
| liver | cleans blood and seperates wastes |