NEETZoologyBody Fluids and Circulation
What type of heart do amphibians and reptiles (except crocodiles) have?
Options
- A2-chambered heart
- B3-chambered heart
- C4-chambered heart
- DNone of the above
Correct answer
B. 3-chambered heart
Step-by-step solution
: All vertebrates possess a muscular chambered heart. Fishes have a 2-chambered heart with an atrium and a ventricle. Amphibians and the reptiles (except crocodiles) have a 3-chambered heart with two atria and a single ventricle , whereas crocodiles, birds and mammals possess a 4-chambered heart with two atria and two ventricles. In fishes the heart pumps out deoxygenated blood which is oxygenated by the gills and supplied to the body parts from where deoxygenated blood is returned to the heart (single circulation)