Vertebrate Morphology

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Decks in this class (26)

Chordate Characteristics
Metameric,
Eucoelomate,
Non exclusive to have three prima...
18  cards
Traditional Vertebrata Classes
Early jawed fishes,
Cartilaginous fishes,
Bony fishes
10  cards
Craniate Characteristics
Parts of tripartite brain,
Neurogenic lens placodes associat...,
Unique embryonic tissue arises fr...
11  cards
Placodes
Optic,
Otic,
Lateral line
6  cards
Modern Craniate Phylogeny
Synapomorphies of craniata,
All craniates,
Has lungs
26  cards
Craniate Groups
Hagfishes,
Petromyzontiformes,
Chondrichthyes
27  cards
Histology
Epithelia,
Simple epithelium,
Stratified epithelium
39  cards
Other Terms
Urochordata,
Cephalochordata,
Hemichordata
12  cards
Deuterostomata
Hemichordata,
Urochordata,
Cephalochordata
8  cards
Embryology
Female gamete,
Ovum plus accessory elements,
Little yolk evenly distributed
52  cards
Table 4-1
Notochord,
Schwann cells,
Liver pancreas
62  cards
Evolutionary Morphology
Series of developmental stages,
New stages yielding derived adult...,
Development accelerates in descen...
39  cards
Exam 2 Forgotten Terms
Biologist who coined homology,
An ordered set of ancestral and d...,
Inward movement of cells on primi...
3  cards
Integument
Functions of the integument,
A stratified epithelium active in...,
Epidermal layer unique to tetrapods
27  cards
Head Skeleton
Collagenous fibers in a gelatinou...,
Clear cartilage found in joints,
Found in ears nose capable of ben...
54  cards
Mammalian Head Skeleton
Ancestral condition of mammals,
Novel jaw joint in mammals,
Mammalian homology of quadrate
6  cards
Major Cranial Elements In Craniata
Dermatocranium in lampreys and ha...,
Palatoquadrate in lampreys and ha...,
Meckel s cartilage in lampreys an...
35  cards
Axial Skeleton
Part of vertebra that attaches to...,
Part of vertebra that attaches to...,
Arch that surrounds spinal cord
14  cards
Limb Development
Stage of chondrogenesis where mes...,
Stage of chondrogenesis where agg...,
Stage of chondrogenesis where the...
6  cards
Appendicular Skeleton
Fins in actinopterygii and sarcop...,
Fins in chondrichthyes
2  cards
Muscular System
Muscle shortens insertion drawn t...,
Opposing force prevents shortenin...,
Muscles with same action
22  cards
Cranial Nerves
Runs from olfactory epithelium to...,
Brain tract not a nerve,
Connects inner ear to hindbrain
14  cards
Sense Organs
Located at and near tendons of mu...,
Located in the internal organs,
Sense organs that report mechanic...
50  cards
Nervous System
Part of the nervous system consis...,
Cranial nerve that is actually a ...,
A bundle of nerve fibers
45  cards
New Vert Morph
0  cards
HOJ
Africanization,
Atonality,
Avant garde
63  cards

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