Use the Following Information to Answer the Question

question 26

Multiple Choice

Use the following information to answer the question.
Terry catches a ray-finned fish from the ocean and notices that attached to its flank is an equally long, snakelike organism. The attached organism has no external segmentation, no scales, a round mouth surrounded by a sucker, and two small eyes. Terry concludes it is a hagfish.
Terry saved some of the tooth-like objects within the hagfish's round mouth to analyze their composition in his mentor's biochemistry research lab. Terry will find that they are composed of the same protein found in tetrapod ________.

• A) scales
• B) teeth
• C) bones
• D) cartilage

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Definitions:

MIN(range)

Refers to the smallest value in a given range of data.

Smallest Value

The minimum value within a set of numbers or measurements.

SUM(range)

A mathematical function that adds together all numbers in a specified range.

Add Values

The operation of performing addition to increase or combine numeric quantities.