Complete Answers
\.significance of 4 chambered heart - Answer- - oxygenated blood is separate from
deoxygenated blood
- improved efficiency of double circulation
- required for warm blooded mammals and birds
\.diaphragm - Answer- - separated the thoracic cavity, containing the heart and lungs, from
the abdominal century
- important in respiration: as the diaphragm contracts, the volume of the thoracic cavity
increases --> this created a negative pressure which draws air into the lungs
\.perch - Answer- - 2 heart chambers
- no diaphragm
- gills for respiration
- no cloaca
\.frog - Answer- - 3 heart chambers
- no diaphragm
- skin and lungs for respiration
- has a cloaca
\.pig - Answer- - 4 chamber heart
- has a diaphragm
, - lungs for respiration
- no cloaca
\.small intestine - Answer- digestion and absorption
\.lungs - Answer- gas exchange -O2 for blood circulation throughout (respiratory)
\.Diaphragm - Answer- muscles used for deep breathing - pulls down like a suction cup
\.swim bladder - Answer- allows fish to maintain buoyancy
\.pancreas - Answer- produces insulin and digestive enzymes
\.large intestine - Answer- prepares waste: reabsorbs water to prepare (gastrointestinal) (all
three- again only fish have one intestine)
\.Gallbladder - Answer- to store bile (use to emulsify liquefy fat)
\.Gonad - Answer- to make gametes (male-sperm, female-egg)
\.kidney - Answer- filters blood and makes urine
\.spleen - Answer- filters foreign substances and makes red blood cells (circulatory) (all 3)
\.fat bodies - Answer- food storage during the winter (other) (frog)