Fish Dissection Exam #1
Study Guide
The following vocabulary words will be on the
exam:
| pericardial
cavity |
hepatic
portal vein |
flexion |
axial
skeleton |
| cloaca |
anterior |
endochondral
bone |
peritoneum |
| extension |
appendicular
skeleton |
supination |
posterior |
| dermal
bone |
adduction |
pronation |
dorsal |
| foramen
magnum |
coelom |
ventral |
duodenum |
| lateral |
claspers |
medial |
distal |
| abduction |
spawning |
fork
length |
total
length |
| girth |
lateral
line |
ovoviviparous |
oviparous |
| caudal
fin |
anal fin |
pectoral
fins |
myotomes |
| epaxial
muscles |
hypaxial
muscles |
operculum |
gill
rakers |
| placoid |
ctenoid |
counter
shading |
|
Be able to answer these types of questions:
- How is copulation accomplished in sharks?
- Identify the kingdom, phylum and class names for the sharks and the perch.
- What is the purpose of the rugae folds in the stomach of the shark.
- What two purposes does the oil found in the sharks serve?
- Describe the function of the hepatic portal system in the shark.
- Describe the function of the renal portal system in the shark.
- What advantages does a cartilaginous skeleton have over a bony skeleton?
- Describe the way to determine the sex of sharks based on external
observations.
- Identify two structures that are absent on the shark, but were present on
the perch. Be able to explain the functions of these structures.
- Be able to properly write the scientific names of the dogfish shark and
the perch.
- How is the perch heart different from the shark heart?
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with the questions above.
Be able to identify the external features on diagrams of the perch
and the shark.