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Biology Lab 2 Practical
vertebrates, fetal pigs, and plants
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
04/18/2011

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Agnatha
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Agnatha
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Amphibia
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Amphibia
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Aves
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Chondricthyes
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Chondrichthyes
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Mammal
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Mammal
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Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes
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Reptile
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Reptile
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Reptile
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agnatha
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The jawless water organisms.
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pericardium
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membrane that surrounds the heart
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peritoneal membrane
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membrane that surrounds peritoneal cavity, visible on first incision of fetal pig
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gall bladder
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stores bile for a short period of time
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spleen
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part of the immune system; filters out and destroys dead blood cells
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rectum
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part of large intestine; stores feces
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umbilical arteries
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carries nutrients from the mother placenta to the fetus
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pancreas
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produces enzymes which digest food
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renal veins
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carries filtered blood from the kidneys to the vena cava
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renal arteries
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carries unfiltered blood from the aorta to the kidneys
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ureter
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urine filtered from the blood in the kidneys passes through the _______ (hollow tubes) to be stored in the bladder.
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bladder
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where urine is stored
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urethra
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connects bladder with external environment
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nephrons
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the functional units of the kidneys are the _____.
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nephrons
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the functional units of the kidneys are the _____.
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kidneys
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filters wastes, toxins, metabolites from the blood; excretes nitrogenous wastes
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bryophytes
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this group has plants with no vascular tissues
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gametophyte
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Which is haploid (2n): the gametophyte or the sporophyte.
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thallus
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The plant-body of a bryophyte is otherwise known as the ________,
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operculum
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This is the cover to the sporangium of the sporophyte of moss.
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peristome
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the teeth-like structures around the body of the sprorangium.
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seta
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the shaft of the sporophyte which grows from the gametophyte in bryophytes.
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biflagellated
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the sperm of the liverwort (hepaticophyta) is ________ which allows it to swim in watery surroundings.
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more upright and leafy
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compared to the physical aspect of liverworts (hepaticophytas), that of the moss is _______.
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more flat and double-lobed (like a heart)
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compared to the look of a moss, the liverwort is _____.
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dioecious
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liverworts are _____ (monoeciou/dioecious)
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dioecious
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On a plant (like Bryophytes), the male and female plants are separated. This means that they are _____.
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monoecious
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in a plant, the male and female parts are on the same individual. This means the plant is _____.
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gametophyte
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The dominant stage of Bryophytes is ______.
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they need water for their sperm to swim to the egg
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Why are bryophytes found in environments with a ready access to water?
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