A comparative physiological study evaluates nitrogenous waste excretion, embryonic protection, and cardiac structures across three poikilothermic vertebrate species (X, Y, and Z). Organism X undergoes metamorphosis from an ammonia-excreting aquatic larva to a urea-excreting adult possessing a 3-chambered heart with a completely unpartitioned single ventricle. Organism Y maintains a single-circuit circulation powered by a 2-chambered heart and excretes ammonia throughout its lifecycle. Organism Z produces cleidoic eggs with extraembryonic membranes, possesses a 3-chambered heart with an incomplete ventricular septum, and excretes uric acid. Which of the following correctly identifies the taxonomic classes of Organisms X, Y, and Z?
- Organism X is an amphibian, Organism Y belongs to Class Pisces, and Organism Z is a reptile.Cevap
- BOrganism X is a reptile, Organism Y is an amphibian, and Organism Z belongs to Class Pisces.
- COrganism X belongs to Class Pisces, Organism Y is an amphibian, and Organism Z is a reptile.
- DOrganism X is an amphibian, Organism Y is a reptile, and Organism Z belongs to Class Pisces.
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Organism X is an amphibian, Organism Y belongs to Class Pisces, and Organism Z is a reptile.
Amphibians (Organism X) undergo metamorphosis from aquatic ammonotelic larvae to terrestrial ureotelic adults with a 3-chambered heart lacking a septum. Fishes (Organism Y, Class Pisces) retain a 2-chambered heart with single-circuit blood flow and excrete ammonia throughout life. Reptiles (Organism Z) lay amniotic cleidoic eggs, have a partially divided ventricle via an incomplete septum, and excrete uric acid to conserve water. Therefore, the option identifying X as an amphibian, Y as a fish, and Z as a reptile is correct.
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Comparative Anatomy and Physiology of Poikilothermic Vertebrate Classes (Pisces, Amphibia, Reptilia)