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Internal Adult Lamprey
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
01/28/2018

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Term
LAMPREY
Pleuroperitoneal Cavity
Definition
The body cavity containing both the lungs and the abdominal viscera
Term
LAMPREY
Gonad
(2)
Definition
Either testes or ovaries
Ovaries contain grainy eggs
Term
LAMPREY
Liver
(4)
Definition
Filters blood of toxins
Greenish organ
Located at anterior end of the pleuroperitoneal cavity
Gallbladder and bile duct are absent in adults
Term
LAMPREY
Intestine
(3)
Definition
Absorbs nutrients from food
Dorsal to the liver
No stomach
Term
LAMPREY
Cloaca
Definition
Opening for egestion
Term
LAMPREY
Esophagus
Definition
Pathway from mouth to intestine
Term
LAMPREY
Typhlosole
(2)
Definition
Termed spiral valve
Folds that increase surface area
Term
LAMPREY
Kidney
(2)
Definition
Long, thin, ribbon-like
Lies on either side of the middorsal line
Term
LAMPREY
Esophagus
Definition
Opening in oral cavity dorsal to pharynx/respiratory tube
Term
LAMPREY
Pharynx
(2)
Definition
Opening in oral cavity ventral to esophagus
Opens into respiratory tube
Term
LAMPREY
Velum
Definition
Can close anterior opening of respiration valve into the oral cavity
Term
LAMPREY
Internal Gill Slits
Definition
Opens into external gill openins
Term
LAMPREY
Gill Filaments
Definition
Small hair-like extensions on gills
Term
LAMPREY
Tongue
Definition
Supported by large lingual cartilage
Term
LAMPREY
Lingual Cartilage
Definition
Responsible for working the tongue
Term
LAMPREY
Cranial Cartilage
Definition
Supports the brain
Term
LAMPREY
Brain
(3)
Definition
Dorsal
Tripartite (3 lobed)
Opens into spinal cord
Term
LAMPREY
Notochord
(3)
Definition
Ventral to posterior half of brain/spinal cord
Extends posteriorly
Provides support
Term
LAMPREY
Olfactory Sac
(2)
Definition
Anterior to brain
Has numerous fold to increase surface area
Term
LAMPREY
Hypophyseal Pouch
(3)
Definition
Pouch ventral to brain
Anterior to notochord
Past olfactory sac
Term
LAMPREY
Pineal Organ
Definition
Specialized for light detection
Term
LAMPREY
Heart
Definition
Lies in pericardial cavity
Posterior to the respiratory tube
Separated from pleuroperitoneal cavity by transverse septum
Three chambers: Sinus venosus, atrium, ventricle
Term
LAMPREY
Ventral Aorta
Definition
Blood flows through ventral aorta from the ventricle to capillaries in pharyngeal septa
Term
LAMPREY
Dorsal Aorta
(2)
Definition
Blood is recollected by efferent branchial arteries and channel it to dorsal aorta
Term
LAMPREY
Caudal Artery
Definition
In the tail
Term
LAMPREY
Genital Duct
(3)
Definition
Absent in lampreys
Gametes are shed into coelom
Gamete exit by genital pores to enter the urogenital sinus within the urogenital papilla
Term
LAMPREY
Archinephric Duct
(2)
Definition
Drains the kidney
Enters the urogenital sinus
Term
LAMPREY
Oral Cecum
Definition
Short anterodorsal extension inside the oral cavity
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