Fish and Animal Anatomy Flashcards

Strong connective tissue that supports the body and is softer and more flexible than bone.

Segments of bone or some other hard substance that are arranged into a backbone.

<p>An animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An animal that generates its own body heat and controls its body temperature from within.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Fanlike structures that help fish move, turn, stop, and balance.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The small, thin, flat plates that help protect the bodies of fish and reptiles.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period of inactivity that some animals experience in winter that allows them to survive on stored body fat.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A period of reduced activity that some animals experience in the summer.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A shelled, water-retaining egg that enables reptiles, birds, and egg-laying mammals to complete their life cycles on dry land.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Large feathers that give shape to a bird's body and help with flying.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A soft feather that covers the body of young birds and provides insulation to adult birds.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The act of grooming and maintaining their feathers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any warm-blooded vertebrate having the skin more or less covered with hair.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Mammals of which the females have a pouch containing the teats where the young are fed and carried.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients and transferring wastes from the developing fetus.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Warm-blooded vertebrates with feathers and wings that lay eggs with protective shells.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A cold-blooded vertebrate typically living on land but breeding in water.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An ectothermic vertebrate that lays eggs and has lungs and scaly skin.</p> Signup and view all the answers