A Dolphin's Life

Inside a Dolphin

Ancestors and Relatives

Description

Life Cycle

Habitat

Communication

Hunting

Internal Body Temperature

Internal temperature has been measured to 36.5° to 37.2°, which is aided by blubber located under the skin. .

Inside Parts

Kidney

A pair of structures in the dorsal area, functioning to maintain proper water balance.

Stomach

The large organ in the belly that digests food. 

Brain

Receives and transmits impulses, center of thoughts

Melon 

Transmits clicks for echolocation

Liver

Helps build red blood cells. The largest glandular organ in vertebrate animals.

Aorta

The main artery in the body. It carries the blood everywhere.

Intestine

The lower part of the alimentary canal extending from the stomach to the anul area.

Heart

Hollow muscular organ in a vertebrate animal. It receives the blood from the veins and pumps blood back through the veins.

Trachea

A tube that carries air to the lungs. In the respiratory track of vertebrate animals.

  Tongue

Movable muscular structure attached to the floor of the mouth.

Lungs

Either of two sponge-like respiratory organisms in the thorax.

Esophagus

The tube in which food passes.

 

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