Biology: Concepts and Investigations
Biology: Concepts and Investigations
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781260259049
Author: Hoefnagels
Publisher: MCG
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Chapter 29, Problem 2WIO
Summary Introduction

To analyze:

The advantages and disadvantages of each of the three types of skeletons while giving examples of an animal for each type.

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The structural framework that holds an animal's body upright is its skeleton. Hydrostatic skeletons, exoskeletons, and endoskeletons are the three different forms of skeletons.

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