TechV- Serpentines (A&P).txt

snakes have simple, ___ curved teeth

what is the normal # of rows a teeth a snake has? (not counting fangs)

only ___ snakes have fangs

the two halves of the mandible are held together by a ___ hinge

___ bone is elongated and mobile
allows them to "gape"

snakes have 3 methods of killing
CVS

snakes have ___ different salivary organs

when snakes lose a tooth, it ___ grow back

what organ gives snakes the vomeronasal sense?

what 2 things does the jacobsons organ play a major role in?

snakes have ____ on the forked tongue, and they carry the scent to the ___ organ and they are transferred to the olfactory bulb

what are the 6 methods of movement a snake can use?
LSCSSR

what is the most common method of movement?
what is it aka?

what 3 things are combined to create lat. undulation?
CWF

which method of movement is a scrunching and straightening motion?

which method of movement requires little energy and is used in sand and mud

which method of movement requires a large amount of energy and is aka jumping and striking

which method of movement a caterpillar movement- the skin pulls the snake, they move in a straight line like this.

snakes have a ___ chambered heart

their heart can ___ so that it can still work efficiently for when they are eating large prey

a terrestrial snakes heart is located ___ ___ ___ ___

an aquatic snakes heart is located ___ ___ ___

the RPS means that we should use their ___ half to give injections

which lung is the functional one?

what movement produces respiration

snakes have a tendency to take ___ to ___ to exhale because they can handle higher levels of CO²

their eyelids are ___ to form the spectacle

what is the anterior spectacle called that is shed during ecdysis?

the iris contains ___ muscle allowing them to ___

snakes have a wide range of ___

the digestive system is a ___ tract

their saliva contains more ____ ____ than a mammals so the digestion starts in the mouth

a venom gland is a modified ____ gland

the anus leads to the dorsal part of the cloaca called the ___

digestion requires a ____ amount of energy

their digestive system has been known to ___ ___ when not in use, especially in the large snakes that dont need to eat as often

they have ___ kidneys

which kidney is more cranial to the other?

ureters empty into the __ in the cloaca

snakes dont have a ___ just like birds

what is a snakes primary nitrogenous waste?

fertilization is ___ and can be ___

males have 2 ___ testicles and a pair of ____ that are ___

to sex a snake, they are ___ ___, if the probe goes further this means you are in the ____ of a ____

snakes dont have a ___ making their eggs soft and leathery

70% of snakes are oviparous, this includes the ___ and ___ snakes
this also means they are born with an ___ ___

what are the 3 snakes that are ovoviviparous?
BVG

snakes dont have a ____ membrane, but scales that serve the same fx

snakes dont have an outer ___

what 2 species have a pit for sensing body heat?
PV