JUST VOCAB REPTILES VOCAB

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 ______________________________

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 ______________________________

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 ___________________________

Endocrine gland that regulates Heart rate, blood pressure, & metabolism ____________________ Coiled tubules where sperm mature 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 ___________________

Joining of an egg & sperm outside the female’s body ____________________ Kind of development in which offspring are born/hatch looking like their parents only smaller____________________ Kind of circulatory system in which blood is contained inside vessels __________________ Organism that has a notochord, pharyngeal pouches, a post anal tail, and a dorsal nerve cord ____________

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

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 _____________________

Joining of an egg & sperm inside the female’s body ____________________ Kind of development in which offspring hatch as larva and must____________________ undergo metamorphosis to become adults Kind of circulatory system in which blood 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

Organism without a backbone ____________________ Organism whose blastopore becomes its anus ____________________ Eardrum __________________ Order of reptiles __________________ including turtles & tortoises

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________________

S mall out pockets at the anterior end of the digestive tract that become gills in a fish and the throat, ______________________ inner ears, and tonsils in humans Tail that sticks out past the posterior opening of the digestive tract ____________________ Outside body covering in an animal __________________ This kind of body organ works automatically without thinking about it ______________

An egg with four membranes and a protective 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 blood leaving the ventricle __________________ These small thin walled blood vessels connect arteries and veins and are the place where gases, wastes, & nutrients are exchanged _________________

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 ________________________

Blood vessels that carry blood back _________________ to the heart Nerve cord surrounded by bone or Cartilage; also called a spinal cord _________________ Posterior part of the brain that integrates Info from the other brain parts and where Higher brain functions like memory, learning, Reasoning, and problem solving occur _____________ Collecting chamber that receives blood returning to the heart from the body Before it enters the atrium __________________________

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 ______________________________

Order of reptiles that includes Tuataras __________________ __