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REPTILESChapters 43

Membrane sac in an amniotic egg ____________________

that exchanges gases and stores nitrogen waste

The proteins and water stored in ____________________

an amniotic egg

Membrane sac in an amniotic egg __________________

That surrounds the fat-rich food supply

Pits in the roof of the mouth of a

snake that are sensitive to smell ______________________________

Allantois

albumen

Yolk sac

Jacobson’s organ

Tiny air sac that increases surface area

in the lungs ____________________

Membrane in an amniotic egg that ____________________

directly surrounds the developing embryo

Dividing wall that separates the __________________

Ventricle into 2 chambers

Ability to drop off a body part to escape a predator ______________________________

alveoli

amnion

septum

autotomy

Dorsal domed shell of a turtle ____________________

“Tummy”-shell of a turtle ____________________

Type of reproduction in which the

egg is surrounded by a shell and laid

outside the body to hatch __________________

Type of reproduction in which the

egg is not surrounded by a shell but

kept inside the mother’s body and

nourished by a placenta until birth ___________________________

carapace

plastron

Oviparous

viviparous

Type of reproduction in which the egg

is covered by a shell but kept inside the female

until just before hatching or it may hatch inside

the mother’s body ____________________

Type of snake that squeezes its prey ____________________

Type of snake that injects poison with 2 small unmovable fangs __________________

Type of snake that injects poison

with 2 large movable fangs ______________________________

ovoviviparous

constrictor

elapid

viper

Endocrine gland that regulates

Heart rate, blood pressure, &

metabolism ____________________

Coiled tubules where spermmature and grow their tails ____________________

Small tubules that carry sperm from __________________

the epididymis to the cloaca in a turtle

Tubes which add the shell to the eggs as they are carried from ovary to cloaca

___________________

thyroid

epididymis

Vas deferens

oviducts

Joining of an egg & sperm outsidethe female’s body ____________________

Kind of development in whichoffspring are born/hatch lookinglike their parents only smaller ____________________

Kind of circulatory system in whichblood is contained inside vessels __________________

Organism that has a notochord,

pharyngeal pouches, a post anal tail,

and a dorsal nerve cord ______________________________

External fertilization

Direct development

closed

Chordate

Organism with a backbone ____________________

Organism whose blastopore becomes its mouth ____________________

Thin membrane in the coelom that____________________

connects and holds the internal organs

together

Order of reptiles that _____________________includes snakes and lizards

vertebrate

protostome

mesentery

Squamata

Maintaining the correct balance of water and ____________________ ions in the body

Covering made of bone that ____________________

protects the brain; also called skull

Nerve cord surrounded by bone

or cartilage; also called a

Spinal cord _____________________

osmoregulation

cranium

Vertebral column

Joining of an egg & sperm insidethe female’s body ____________________

Kind of development in which

offspring hatch as larva and must ____________________ undergo metamorphosis to become

adults

Kind of circulatory system in whichblood is NOT contained in vessels __________________

and flows loose inside the coelom

A protein found in the scaly skin of ______________________ reptiles and also in bird feathers, &

human hair & fingernails

Internal fertilization

Indirect development

open

keratin

Organism without a backbone ____________________

Organism whose blastopore becomes its anus ____________________

Eardrum __________________

Order of reptiles __________________

including turtles & tortoises

invertebrate

deuterostome

Tympanic membrane

Chelonia

Opening at back of throat for

food to enter esophagus ____________________

Coiled portion of small intestine ____________________

between duodenum and large intestine

Bile storage organ __________________

Lower jaw ______________________________

Upper jaw ______________________________

gullet

ileum

Gall bladder

mandible

maxilla

Small out pockets at the anteriorend of the digestive tract that becomegills in a fish and the throat, ______________________inner ears, and tonsils in humans

Tail that sticks out past the posterior opening of the digestivetract ____________________

Outside body covering in an animal __________________

This kind of body organ works automaticallywithout thinking about it ______________

Pharyngeal pouches

Post anal tail

integument

autonomic

An egg with four membranes and aprotective shell found in reptiles, ____________________

birds, and a few mammals In animals the body plan where the left and right sides are mirror images of each other ____________________

This part smoothes the flow of bloodleaving the ventricle __________________

These small thin walled blood vessels connect arteries and veins and are the place where gases, wastes, & nutrients

are exchanged __________________

Amniotic

Bilateral symmetry

Conus arteriosus

capillaries

Blood vessels that carry blood ________________________away from the heart

Membrane that covers and protects

a frog’s eye while swimming ______________________

Area in a fish’s brain that receives and

processes info from visual, auditory,

and lateral line systems _______________________________

Posterior part of the brain that controls

balance and muscle coordination ________________________

arteries

Nictitating membrane

Optic lobes

cerebellum

Blood vessels that carry blood back _________________ to the heart

Nerve cord surrounded by bone orCartilage; also called a spinal cord _________________

Posterior part of the brain that integratesInfo from the other brain parts and whereHigher brain functions like memory, learning,Reasoning, and problem solving occur _____________

Collecting chamber that receives bloodreturning to the heart from the bodyBefore it enters the atrium __________________________

veins

Vertebral column

cerebrum

Sinus venosus

Part of the brain that controls the

autonomic internal organs __________________________

and relays sensory info from body

The concentration of nervous and

sensory organs in the anterior end

of an animal _____________________________

Small fingerlike extensions inside the

intestine that increase surface area

for greater absorption of nutrients _______________

Medulla oblongata

cephalization

villi

First section of intestine _______________________nearest stomach

The energy molecule is stored

in the liver ________________________

This substance is made by the pancreas

and causes cells to release glucose into

the bloodstream. __________________

(Be careful! It sounds like the answer above.Don’t get these 2 confused!)

duodenum

glycogen

glucagon

Order of reptiles including alligators & crocodiles ____________________

Multipurpose exit space before

the vent ____________________

Body temperature that is

dependent on their environment__________________

“cold-blooded”

The changing from a larva into

the adult form ______________________________

Crocodilia

cloaca

ectothermic

metamorphosis

Tubules that carry eggs from ____________________

ovary to cloaca & add the jelly coating

Order of reptiles that includes

Tuataras ____________________

Exit opening in animals with

a cloaca __________________

Opening at back of mouth to

the lungs ____________________

oviducts

Rhychocephalia

vent

glottis

Scientific name for “nostrils” ____________________

Sense that deals with smell____________________

Circulation that carries blood

from heart to lungs and back to heart__________________

Urine storage organ _________________________

Circulation that carries blood from heart

to body organs and back to heart ____________________

nares

olfactory

pulmonary

Urinary bladder

systemic