Internal Structures and Functions of Animals

a rigid, inner support system that includes bones that connect to the soft structures of the body.

• The heart

• The skeleton

• The brain

The ..................... give the body its shape, and  they also protect the heart and lungs.

• ribs

• skull

• heart

Animal with an internal bony skeleton

• Vertebrates

• Invertebrates

• Mollusks

• Insects

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In vertebrates, ................................... carry  many of the materials they  need to all parts of the body.

• blood

• brain

• lungs

• skeleton

Is the internal organ that  pumps Blood.

• the heart

• the brain

• the skeleton

is located near the center of the body.

The ribs of the skeleton protect it

• the heart

• the brain

• skull

Provide Oxygen to the blood and  take Carbon dioxide from the  blood

• Brain

• Lungs

• Skeleton

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Are organs found in fish that extract  oxygen from water as water flows  around gills.

• Lungs

• Gills

• Heart

Is the structure that receives information  about an animal’s environment

• heart

• brain

• skull

• ribs

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Brain is located inside the  protective

• skull

• ribs

• cage

• heart