Dogfish Dissection

Match the following

• Closer to the point of attachment to the body than another structure

• Medial

• Toward or on the surface

• Anterior/Ventral

• A structure below another

• Proximal

• Toward the midline of the body

• Superficial

• Toward the front of the body

• Inferior

Match the following

• Toward the back of the body

• Superior

• A structure above another

• Posterior/ dorsal

• Away from the surface, internal

• Deep

• Away from the midline of the body

• Anterior

• Toward the front of the body

• Lateral

Sharks, including the dogfish shark from the dissection, are members of what vertebrate taxonomic class?

• Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fish)

• Osteichthyes (bony fish)

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Is this a male or a female dogfish shark?

• male

• female

The fin shown in the image is the tail fin of the dogfish shark. The technical term for the tail fin is the (a)   fin.

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The image shows the underside, or belly, of the dogfish shark. The technical term for this perspective of the shark is the (a)   surface.

Which of the following structures are found in both cartilaginous fish and bony fish? (select all that apply)

• Fins for propulsion

• Gills for respiration

• Vertebrate backbones

• Spiracles to move water across the gills

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What are shark skeletons made of?

• Bone

• Cartilage

• Keratin

• They Dont have them

What do bony fish have that sharks don't have?

• swim bladder

• fins

• gills

• olfactory bulbs

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Sharks are closely related to.....

• skates and rays

• dolphins

• invertebrates

• reptiles

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