Lamprey Anatomy

Respiratory organs located around the digestive tract in the anterior section of the body. Ernst a teaching a.

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The muscles of trunk and tail are arranged in e shaped myotomes.

Lamprey anatomy. The esophagus and bronchial tube pass through the gills. Jeffrey a manual of zoology new york ny. Primary site of oxygen absorption.

Respiratory system of lamprey. Lampreys sometimes inaccurately called lamprey eels are an ancient extant lineage of jawless fish of the order petromyzontiformes placed in the superclass cyclostomata. It includes the notochord and cartilaginous endoskeleton.

Basic external and internal anatomy of a sea lamprey a parasitic jawless fish in the class petromyzontida. This video was produced by c. Connected to external gill slits.

The macmillan company 1900. The adult lamprey may be characterized by a toothed funnel like sucking mouth. Features a pink coloration.

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. Anatomy of lamprey with diagram vertebrates chordata zoology body wall. The skin is soft slimy and consists of many layers of cells.

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