Axial Flashcards
This vertebrae has no centrum
-lampreys have this
Aspondylous
-Primitive vert
No centrum, parts separate primitive fishes
Aspondylous and Aspidospondylous
-primitive vert
In this vertebrae, all parts are separate
- sarcopterygian fish
- promotive tetrapods
- aciprnseriformes
Aspidospondylous
In this vertebrate all parts are fused together
- neopterygians
- bichirs
- chondrichthyes
- extant tetrapods
Holospondylous (us)
Type of Aspidospondylous that has unequal arch bases
- osterplepimophs
- primitive tetrapods
Rachitomous
Type of Aspidospondylous that has equal arch bases
- some late amphibians
Emblomerous
Type of Aspidospondylous that has only an Intercentrum
-some early amphibians
Sterospondylous
1)Type of Holospondylous vert that hase an Intercentrum
-modern amphibians
-lepospondylous
2)Type of Holospondylous that has a Pleurocentrum
amniotes
Monospondylous
Bioconvex
-allows bending only side to side
( modern chondricthyes, Neopterygii, amphibi, tuatars)
Amphicoelous
has flat limited bending
dino, pterosaurs, and mammals
Acoelous
-limited bending when we walk
concave on one side
- bend without stretching nerve cord
1) ungulate necks
2) Lepidosauria and Crocodilia
1) Opithocoelous
2) Procoelous
saddle shaped
- more motion
- bird and turtle
Heterocoleous
at confluence of myoseptum and coelon
Ventral Rib
at confluence of myoseptum and horizontal septum
Dorsal Rib
intercentrum is lost or incorporated in these
Amniotes