Lamprey Anatomy

Primary site of oxygen absorption. It includes the notochord and cartilaginous endoskeleton.

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The skin is soft slimy and consists of many layers of cells.

Lamprey anatomy. The esophagus and bronchial tube pass through the gills. Anatomy of lamprey with diagram vertebrates chordata zoology body wall. Jeffrey a manual of zoology new york ny.

Respiratory organs located around the digestive tract in the anterior section of the body. Contraction of the branchial constrictor muscles and the ventral and dorsal diagonal muscles cause a reduction in the volume of the branchial basket which forces water out of the gill pouches and fill with water as the volume of the branchial basket increases due to elastic recoil. Lampreys sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels are an ancient extant lineage of jawless fish of the order petromyzontiformes placed in the superclass cyclostomata.

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This video was produced by c. The muscles of trunk and tail are arranged in e shaped myotomes. Respiratory system of lamprey.

The adult lamprey may be characterized by a toothed funnel like sucking mouth. Basic external and internal anatomy of a sea lamprey a parasitic jawless fish in the class petromyzontida. Features a pink coloration.

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