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Structure of vertebrates
Descriptive morphology
Significance of the structure
Functional morphology
Structure - product of development of the individual
Ontogenesis
Structure - product of development of the species/group
Phylogenesis
Phylum chrodata
Urochordata
Cephalochordata
Craniata
With notochord in embryo at least
Chordata
With nuerocranium
Craniates
Derived characteristics of chordates
Notochord Pharyngeal pouches Dorsal hollow nerve cord Post-anal tail Endostyle
1st skeletal support
Notochord
Rod of living cells located below the CNS and dorsal to alimentary tract
Notochord
Notochord in fishes
Persists, constructed within centrum
Notochord in reptiles, birds, and mammals
Almost obliterated
Replaced by a vertebral column or backbone
Vestige in mammals, within intervertebral disc, and none in modern birds and reptiles
Pulpy nucleus
Diverticula of pharyngeal endoderm which grow towards surface abd form gill slits
Pharyngeal pouches
Pharyngeal pouches in fishes
Permanent (gills)
Pharyngeal pouches in amphibians
Temporary (in larvae only)
Pharyngeal pouches in reptiles, birds, mammals
Absent
Serves as skeletal support
Pharyngeal arches
Components of pharyngeal arches
Skeletal elements
Striated muscle
Cranial muscle
Aortic arches
Skeletal muscles
Visceral skeleton
Straited muscle
Branchiomeric muscle
Cranial nerves
5th, 6th, 9th, 10th
Aortic arches
Connect dorsal and ventral aortas
Fates of pharyngeal arches
Mandibular arch (1st) Hyoid arch (2nd) Branchial arch (3rd)
Lateral outpocketings of pharynx, matched on the extrior by paired grooves
Gill pouches
One or more pairs of gill pouches break through to exterior grooves
Serve as exit for water from mouth snd passed over the gills
Gill slits
From anterior to posterior
Enlarged as brain at anterior part
Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
Extending behind anus
Post-anal tail
Midventral mucus-secreting groove in pharynx of protochordates
Homologue of craniate thyroid
Endostyle
Common vertebrte heritage
Vertebrates share a common ancestry and a common pattern of eary development
- Regional Differentiation
Head and Neck
Anterior trunk
Head and Neck
Cephalic - head
Cranial - contains the brain
Cervical - neck region
Facial - face
Anterior trunk
Abdominal Abdominopelvic Inguinal Pectoral Pelvic Sternal
Between the lower ribs and the pelvis
Abdominal
Abdominal and pelvic regions
Abdominopelvic
Groin; depressed regionsat the junction of the thighs to the anterior trunk
Inguinal
Chest region
Pectoral
Region enclosed by the pelvic bones
Pelvic
Region over the breatbone and between thebtwo pectoral regions
Sternal
Anatomical planes
Frontal plane
Saggital plane
Transverse plane
Divides the body into anterior and posterior portion
Frontal plane
Divides the body into left and right sides
Saggital plane
Diveds the body into upper or lower parts
Tranverse plane
Segmentation
Metamerism
Formed by cranial bones and contains brain and its coverings
Cranial
Formed by vertebral column and contains spinal cord and the begginings of spinal nerves
Vertebral
Satellite characteristics of vertebrates
Integument Digestive Coelom Respiratory Circulatory
Integument
2 layers (epidermis and dermis)
Digestive
Complete Ventral and specialized regions Ceca/diverticula - liver and pancreas Ends in cloaca Opens in anys
Coelom
Pericardial
Pleupentonial (pleuralwnd abdominal)
Scrotal
Cavities
Respiratory
Gills and lungs
Circulatory
Closed circulatory
Heart, blood vessels, and blood
Directions
Anterior - posterior Cranial - caudal Dorsal - ventral Proximal - distal Medial - lateral Superior - inferior
Ventral body cavity
Thoracic
Abdominopelvic
Chest cavity, separated from abdominal cavity by diaphragm
Thoracic
Contains lungs
Pleural (right and left)
Contains heart
Pericardial
Region between the lungs form the breastbone to backbone that contains heart, thymus, esophagus, trachea, bronchi, and many large blood and lymphatic vessels
Mediastinum
Sudivuded into abdominal and pelvic cavities
Abdominopelvic
Contains stomach, spleen, liver, gall bladder, small intestine, and most of the large intestine
Abdominal
Contains urinary bladder, portions of the large intestine, and internal female and male reproductive organs
Pelvic
Vertebral body cavity
Thoracic cavity
Abdominopelvic cavity
Thoracic cavity
Right pleural cavity
Mediastinum
Left pleural cavity
Abdominopelvic cavity
Abdominal cavity
Pelvic cavity
Found in the medistinum that surrounds the heart
Pericardial cavity
Reveals similarities and differences among animals today
Study of the structure of living species
Reveal what vertabrates were like in the past
Assembling data in geological time frame showsa panorama of changes through time
Study of extinct species
Sustems of classification
Artificial classification
Natural classification
Phenetic classification
Phylogenetic classification
Advantage of artifical classification
Scheme is easy easy to develop and relatively stable (unlikely to change)
Disadvantage of artificial classification
Does not necessarily show evolutionary relationships and for this reason are not comminly used
Sinilarities first and then identifying shared characteristics
Shared a common ancestor
Can be used to predict characteristics shared by species within a group
Natural classification
Use of overall similarity
Phenetic classification
Sneath and Sokal (1973)
Studies phenetic classification based on morphological sinilarity
Based on evolutionary descent of a group of organisms
Phylogentic classification
Used phylogenetic classification
Prantl (1893) and Engler (1930)
Show evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms
Cladograms
A trait that arose in the common ancestor of a particular lineage and was passed along to its descendants
Derived characteristics
Blastopore gives rise to mouth
Protostomes
Blastopore gives rise to anus
Deuterostomes
Geological eras of early vertebrates
Paleozoic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Age of fishes
Paleozoic
Age of reptiles
Mesozoic
Age of mammals
Cenozoic
3 subdivisions of chordates
Cephalochordata
Urochordata
Craniata
All convert their notochord to vertebral column or bsckbone except hagfish
Large and divers grouo include fishes and tetrapods
Chordates
Cephalochordata
Amphioxus
Urochordata
Tunicates, sea squirts
Presence of cranium to protect the brain
Craniata
Vertebrates
Agnatha Chondrichthyes Osteichthyes Amphibia Reptilia Aves Mammalia
Jawless vertebrates
No paired pectoral/pelvic fins
Have no scales
Agnatha
Round mouth
Cyclostomes
800 species of sharks, skates and ray, anf chimaeras
Chondrichthyes
Skeleton is made up of cartilage, not bone
Chondrichthyes
Dermal scales of chondrichthes
Placoid
Pelvic fins of the male are modifies for depositing sperm in the reproductive tract of the female
Claspers
Agnatha
Ostracoderms
Cyclostomata
First vertebrates
No jaws and paired fins
Dermal bony armor
Extinct at the end of devonian
Ostracoderms
Cyclostomata
Petromyzonzontiformes
Myxiniformes
Acanthodii
Placodermi
Lampreys
Petromyzontiformes
Body wall musclelature
Overlapping
Myomeres
Myxiniformes
Hagfish
Oldest jawed fishes
Dermal bony armor
Bone and cartilage and large operticulum
Acanthodii
Armored fishes
With jaws and paired fins
1st jaws were large
Placodermi
Vertebrates that have jaws
Outnumber jawless vertebrates
Gnathostomes
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Holocephali
Cartilagenous fishes
Chondrichthyes
Sharks, skates, sawfish
Squalus
Elasmobranchii
Chimaeras
Ratfishes
Holocephali
With operculum
Bony skeleton
Osteichthyes
- Actinopterygii
- Sarcopterygii
Paddlefish, sturgeon, gars, bowfin, teleosts
Lack internal nares
Actinopterygii
Cartilagenous period
Chondrostean
Bony ganoid
Holostean
Modern bony fishes
Teleosts
Actinopterygii
Chondrostei
Holostei
Teleostei
Most primitive
Heterocercal tail
Sturgeon, paddlefish, Polypterus
Chondrostei
Dominant in the past
Heterocercal tail
Gar, bowfin
Holostei
Dominant today
Homocercal tail
Majority of all fish
Teleostei
Tail: Vertebral axis curved upward
Heterocercal
Tail: Spear shaped
Diphycercal
Tail: Symmetrical dorsal and ventral lobes
Homocercal
Fleshy lobe finned fishes
Sarcopterygii
Sarcopterygii
Actinistia
Rhipidistia
Coelacanth
Actinistia
Lungfish
Rhipidistia
Significant adaptations of rhipidistia
Two atria and a partial septum in the ventricle of the heart
And enzyme system to convert ammonia into the less toxic urea
Linking evidences
Limbs evolved
Vertebrae
Girdles similar
Fin’s skeletal composition exhibits homology with early amphibians