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1
Q

in roof of oral cavity, in addition to marginal series

A

palatal teeth

2
Q

in posterior upper and lower part of pharynx, in addition to marginal and palatal series

A

pharyngeal teeth

3
Q

flaps beneath operculum

A

gills

4
Q

compose the gills

A

gill filaments

5
Q

perch contains 4, support gills

A

branchial arches

6
Q

projections that extend inward across pharyngeal slit

A

gill rakers

7
Q

mesentery covering viscera

A

Visceral peritoneum

8
Q

mesentery lining body cavity

A

parietal peritoneum

9
Q

dorsal to ovary

A

swim bladder

10
Q

dark coloured, only end visible at anterior end of the cavity

A

liver

11
Q

ventral to ovary, narrow, could be mid ventral or displaced by large ovary

A

small intestine

12
Q

short, thick, j shaped

A

stomach

13
Q

in vertex of stomach

A

spleen

14
Q

between stomach and liver

A

gall bladder

15
Q

immediately anterior to liver, separates pleuroperitoneal cavity and pericardial cavity

A

transverse septum

16
Q

wider anterior portion of intestine

A

duodenum

17
Q

fingerlike projections of anterior intestine

A

pyloric ceca

18
Q

paired, lobulated, light coloured, and posteriorly tapered with their own ducts

A

testis

19
Q

large, fills most of the cavity

A

ovary