Spiny Dogfish Project
Phillip E. Rue
Labeling of the Shark
Organs in a Spiny Dogfish
Gallbladder - Stores Bile from the liver
Heart - Pumps blood throughout the shark
Kidney - Filters the sharks blood
Liver - Filters the food that the shark eats from toxins
Pancreas - Produces Hormones and Digestive enzymes for the shark
Small intestine - Takes most of the nutrients from the chyme
Large intestine - Takes the remaining nutriens and water left by the small intestine
Stomach - Breaks down food into chyme using only chemical digestion
Esophagus - the tube that connects the mouth to the stomach
Rectum - end of the Large intesine where waste comes out
Claspers - The male sex organ that clasps onto the female to deliver sperm
Lateral line - the line going across the sharks body that sends electrical waves to detect movement around them
Gills - instead of lungs sharks have gills to take the oxygen out of the water and use it in their body
Classification
Phylum - Chordata
Class - Chondrichthyes
Order - Squaliformes
Family - Squalidae
Genus - Squalus
Species - Squalus Acanthias or Spiny Dogfish