morphology of a dolphin![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
blowhole ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Opening in the nasal cavity located on the top of the head allowing respiration.
dorsal fin ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Swimming appendage made of dense fibrous tissue located in the middle of the back and providing stability and thermoregulation; some marine mammals do not have a dorsal fin.
tail ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Terminal part of the body whose vertical movements propel the dolphin; the tail is controlled by powerful muscles inserted in the vertebral column.
caudal fin ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Powerful swimming appendage with two lobes formed of dense fibrous tissue located vertically at the posterior terminal part of the body; its function is propulsion.
pectoral fin ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Swimming appendage made of bone that ensures stability, orientation, stopping and thermoregulation.
eye ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Organ of sight located on the side of the head adapted equally well to seeing in or out of water.
mouth ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Anterior cavity of the digestive tract formed by the maxilla and the mandible allowing ingestion of food.