rectal glandin fishes; a gland that removes excess sodium and chloride ions from the blood and releases them into the rectum from eliminationanusposterior opening of the digestive tractarterya vessel that carries blood away from the heartatriuman anterior chamber of the heartcerebelluma posterior portion of the brain that controls movement and muscle coordinationcerebrumthe anterior portion of the brain where higher brain functions occurEsophagusa tube connecting the mouth or pharynx to the stomach or cropGallbladderthe sac like organ in vertebrates that is connected to the liver that stores bilespawningthe egg-laying behavior of some bony fishveina vessel carrying blood to the heartventriclea lower, and the most muscular, chamber of the heart
