JUST VOCAB
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