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Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives Flashcards

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When was the origin of chondrichthyans?

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400 million years ago

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What are the synapomorphic (ancestral) characteristics of chondrichthyans?

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  • cartilaginous skeleton

- claspers for internal fertilization

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How many described species of elasmobranchs? Sharks?

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Approximately 1200 species of elasmobranchs. Approximately 500 species of sharks.

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anguiliform locomotion

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entire trunk (body) and tail participate
-orectolobiformes, scyliorhinids
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carangiform locomotion

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posterior half of body participates

-squaliforms, carcharhiniforms, some lamniforms

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thunniform locomotion

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only tail and caudal peduncle participate

-most lamniforms

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undulatory locomotion

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pectoral fins anterior to posterior order participate

-most batoids (benthic rays and skates)

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oscillatory locomotion

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flapping pectoral fins

-pelagic rays (mantas, eagle rays)

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What is the body shape of lamnid sharks?

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To increase streamlining and reduce drag…

  • large pectoral fins
  • narrow caudal peduncle with keels
  • symmetrical caudal fin
  • reduced pelvic, 2nd dorsal, and anal fins
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How do sharks maintain a vertical position in the water column with negative buoyancy and water flow?

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Tilt the body slightly upward. The slower the swimming, the greater the tilt needs to be to remain in vertical position in the water column

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What is the function of the caudal fin for swimming?

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thrust and lift by moving water posteriorly and ventrally in vortex rings

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What is the function of the pectoral fins?

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The angle of the fins are adjusted for vertical movements

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ceratotrichia

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cartilaginous rays in the fins (used for shark fin soup)

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apleisodic fins

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less stiff, more maneuverable (common in benthic species)

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pleisodic fins

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more stiff, reduced drag (lamniforms)

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Describe the elasmobranch feeding apparatus

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  • composed of 10 cartilaginous elements (simple!)
  • no pharyngeal jaws
  • still allows for great diversity of feeding mechanisms and behaviors
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What are the types of feeding mechanisms used by elasmobranchs?

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  • ram feeding
  • suction feeding
  • ram filter feeding
  • biting
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ram feeding

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swims over prey and engulfs whole or seizes it in its jaws

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suction feeding

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decrease in the pressure of the buccopharyngeal chamber to pull prey into mouth

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ram filter feeding

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continuously swims forward with mouth open

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biting

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takes of pieces of prey

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What was the ancestral jaw like?

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autodiastylic (jaw fused to upper cranium). Jaw suspension and protrusion evolved later.

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What was the ancestral jaw like?

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autostylic (jaw fused to upper cranium). Jaw suspension and protrusion evolved later.

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Hyostylic jaws

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The jaws are not directly connected to the cranium except by the hyomandibula (most sharks)

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Euhyostylic jaws

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Least connection of jaw to the cranium. Jaws can completely protrude (batoids)

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26
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How does body size relate to bite force?

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Bite force increases with body size. This allows increase consumption of larger, more difficult prey

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27
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What is the approximate replacement rate of teeth?

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Days to weeks. Depends on species, temperature, season, diet

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heterodonty

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change in size/shape of teeth in different parts of the jaw

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ontogenetic heterodonty

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changes in teeth shape/size related to body size/age.

-lamnid embryos have different teether than adults due to different diet (ova) and to not damage the uterus

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30
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How does metabolic rate change with size?

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Mass-specific metabolic rate decreases with increased size

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31
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How does metabolic rate change with temperature?

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Metabolic rate increases with temperature

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32
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How does lifestyle relate to metabolic rate?

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Obligate ram ventilators have higher MRs than less active species
-continuous swimming pelagic predators (lamniforms) have highest SMR, MMR, and aerobic scope

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How does endothermy relate to aerobic capacity?

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Aerobic swimming is powered by red muscle. Regional endothermy warms red muscle, allowing increased aerobic capacity (higher enzyme activity to make ATP)

  • requires increased supply of oxygen and aerobic fuels to the red muscle
  • lamnids have higher oxygen uptake at the gills and delivery to red muscle
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34
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How does white muscle relate to anaerobic metabolism?

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anaerobic metabolism is powered by white muscle and used during burst swimming
-lamnids also have high anaerobic capacity (possibly due to cardiorespiratory systems ability to deliver oxygen and metabolic substrates quickly)

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35
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Why use behavioral thermoregulation?

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To get some potential energetic benefit (growth, digestion and assimilation, reproduction)

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Why hunt warm rest cool?

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Hunting warm increases MR and thus foraging efficiency. Rest (digesting) cool decreases metabolic rate, slows digestion, and increased digestive/assimilation efficiency.

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How does endothermy relate to food digestion?

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Increases rate of digestion

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38
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How does regional endothermy benefit reproduction?

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Rete may keep repro system warm, speeding development. Particularly porbeagle and salmon shark that have additional kidney rete.

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regional endothermy

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ability to maintain core and other regions of the body at warmer temperatures than ambient
-aerobic swimming muscles, eyes, brain, viscera (organs)

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How do lamniforms do regional endothermy?

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Retain metabolic heat generated by continuous activity of aerobic (red) muscles during sustained locomotion, digestion, and assimilation

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41
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Where is red muscle loctated in ectotherms? endotherms?

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Red muscle is near skin in ectotherms and near core in endotherms

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42
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Explain anatomy of regional endothermy

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  • dorsal aorta branches into lateral arteries that run length of body under skin. Lateral veins run in opposite direction
  • branch arteries/veins (RETE) connect lateral artery/vein to red muscle
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rete

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branches of arteries and veins that connect red muscle to main lateral arteries/veins. The counter-current heat exchange allows red muscle near core, eyes/brain warmer than ambient

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44
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List the smallest to largest rete system of lamniforms

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  • common thresher
  • longfin mako
  • shortfin mako
  • white shark
  • porbeagle
  • salmon shark
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thermal excess

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tissue temperature minus SST

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46
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What thermal excess is considered endothermy?

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At least 2.7 celcius

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47
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What is physiological thermoregulation?

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Regulating rates of heat retention and heat loss. This is likely done by altering blood flow rate and retial heat-transfer efficiency

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How does regional endothermy benefit movement behavior?

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Can stay in colder waters for longer and can make more frequent dives to colder water

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How does regional endothermy related to blood-oxygen efficiency?

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Warming blood decreases blood-oxygen affinity, therefore oxygen does not want to be delivered to red muscle easily. Lamnids have elevated HCT, Hb, and myoglobin that may buffer against this and ensure sufficient oxygen delivery to red muscle and other tissues.

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50
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Least biased way to describe diet?

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Index of relative importance. Incorporates, frequency of occurrence in the species, count of prey, weight of prey

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51
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Why are there ontogenetic shifts in diet?

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Changes in habitats and movement patterns, swimming speed, size of jaws, teeth, and stomach, energy requirements, experience with prey, vulnerability to predation

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What is the evidence to suggest that most sharks are intermittent feeders (rather than continuous)?

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High occurrence of individuals with empty stomachs and/or stomachs with small amount of prey in advanced stages of digestion

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53
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What is the trophic level of sharks as a group?

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Tertiary consumers, trophic level >4

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daily ration

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mean amount of food consumed on a daily basis by individuals in a population (% body weight per day). Usually <3% in sharks

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gastric evacuation

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amount of time it takes food to pass through stomach

  • generally takes 1+ days in elasmobranchs
  • can vary with temperature, meal size, food type
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spiral valve

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intestine with high surface area for digestion and absorption but takes up less space (to allow for large liver and embryos). Also has slower digestion. Low rates of food consumption and digestion contribute to slow growth and reproductive rates

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gross conversion efficiency

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proportion of ingested food that will be available to the next trophic level (conversion of energy to growth)

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testes

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male gonad used for spermatogenesis and secretion of steroid hormones
-lamnids have radial testes where follicle development occurs in multiple lobes

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ductus efferens

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transports sperm from testes to epididymis

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epididymis

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complex tube that may function in protein secretion and sperm passes through to get to ductus deferens

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ductus deferens

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final sperm products are formed into clumps here and pass into seminal vesicle
-lamniforms have spermatophores (encapsulated clumps of sperm)

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spermatophores

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encapsulated clumps of sperm found in lamniforms

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seminal vesicle

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forms clumps of sperm, stores sperm

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Leydig gland

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secrete seminal fluids into epididymis and ductus deferens

65
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alkaline gland

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involved in sperm protection

66
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claspers

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copulatory organs

67
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siphon sacs

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flush water and sperm into female

68
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ovary

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generates germ cells, accumulates yolk, synthesizes/secretes hormones
-lamniforms have 1 ovary encapsulated in epigonal organ (immune function)

69
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ostium

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uses cilia to move fully developed eggs into anterior oviduct

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oviducal gland (shell gland)

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egg encapsulation, sperm storage, fertilization

-no sperm storage in lamniforms

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isthmus

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connects oviducal gland to uterus

72
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uterus

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embryo development or egg modification

73
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leceithotrophy

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embryos get nutrition entirely from yolk reserves within the egg case

74
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matrotrophy

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energy reserves present in the egg are supplemented by additional maternally derived nutrients obtained during gestation

75
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What is the likely ancestral reproductive mode? What is the evidence?

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Yolk sac viviparity

  • Urea retention in ancestral species…likely used to detoxify ammonia produced in uterus
  • evidence of intrauterine canabalism in ancestral secies
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oviparity

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eggs laid on seafloor, some development occurs outside the mothers body

77
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single oviparity

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eggs released one at a time (or pair) as they develop

78
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retained oviparity

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eggs retained in reproductive tract for some period of development

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yolk sac viviparity

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yolk sac is principal source of nutrition until parturition (much thinner egg envelope than oviparous species)

80
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candle

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egg envelope containing several fertilized eggs in some yolk sac viviparous species

81
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mucoid histotrophy

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additional nutrients from mucous produced by the uterous. Most viviparous species do this to a degree

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lipid histotrophy

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secrete a protein- and lipid-rich histotroph from secretory structures within the uterine lining (trophonemata)

83
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trophonemata

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secretory structures within the uterine lining that secrete histotroph in stingrays

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placental viviparity

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embryos develop a yolk sac placenta after the yolk within the external yolk sac is exhausted

  • start with yolk sac, then mucoid histotrophy, then placenta
  • yolk sac attaches to uterine wall and yolk stalk elongates to form placenta
  • uterine compartments
  • placentation occurs about 2-4 months after fertilization
  • not a blood connection
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appendiculae

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flaps on the stalk/placenta that increase surface area and absorption of uterine secretion

86
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carcharhiniform oophagy

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unfertilized ova are contained within the same egg envelope as embryo and ingested

  • one time contribution
  • deepwater false catsharks
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lamniform oophagy

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continued production and delivery of ova throughout portion or most of gestation

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adelphophagy

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first embryo to hatch out of egg envelope within the uterus eats the other embryos and then ovulated ova

89
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parthenogensis

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female ability to reproduce without mating

-rare in captivity, young don’t survive long

90
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reproductive cycle

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time between ovulations

  • vitellogenesis
  • gestation
  • resting (some species) where liver sequesters nutrients in prep for next vitellogenesis
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embryonic diapause

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delay in the development of young embryos within uterus

-my allow embryos to be born during time of year with optimal temperature or prey abundance

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multiple paternity

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females mate with more than one male

  • increased genetic diversity, fitness, repro output
  • multiple mating event could be a con for female
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polyandry

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female mates with multiple males

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polygyny

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male mates with multiple females

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chyme

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acidic, partially digested food that goes from stomach to duodenum

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duodenum

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beginning of intestine in sharks

97
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pancreas

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secretes pancreatic enzymes and bicarbonate rich juices to duodenum to raise pH of chyme and aid in digestion

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gastrin

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hormone that regulates secretion of digestive acids into stomach

99
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secretin

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hormone that stimulates the secretion of bicarbonate rich (basic) pancreatic juices into duodenum to raise pH

100
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somatostatin

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hormone that inhibits digestive processes and suppresses the production of gastric acids by inhibiting gastrin

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gastrin-releasing peptide

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hormone that promotes digestion by increasing blood flow to the gut

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vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

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hormone that promotes digestion by increasing blood flow to gut

103
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peptide YY

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hormone that suppresses digestion by reducing blood flow to gut and inhibiting gastric acid secretion and enzyme release

104
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neuropeptide Y

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hormone that suppresses digestion by reducing blood flow to gut and inhibiting gastric acid secretion and enzyme release

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insulin

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hormone that decreases glucose and increases glycogen storage after feeding

106
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ghrelin

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hormone that stimulates hunger

107
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leptin

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hormone that stimulates hunger

108
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growth hormone

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hormone that promotes somatic and skeletal growth

109
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insulin-like growth factors

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stimulate cell hypertrophy and extracellular matrix production

110
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chromaffin tissue

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neurosecretory cells along dorsal surface of kidney involved in stress response

  • secretes catecholamines
  • receives neural signals from stressors
111
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catecholamines

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  • “fight or flight” stress amine hormones
  • epinephrine and norepinephrine
  • increase mobilization of energy reserves, increase ventilation and O2 uptake and delivery, increase BP to brain and muscles to promote transport of metabolic substrates, reduce blood flow to gut
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hypothalamic-pituitary-interrenal axis

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axis involved in sustained stress reponse, part of sympathetic nervous system

  • corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) from hypothalamus
  • adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) from pituitary
  • glucocorticoids from internal tissue
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glucocorticoid function

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sustained stress response

  • increase glucose, increase metabolic rate, increase blood pressure, reduce inflammation
  • suppress immunity, growth, reproduction over long term
114
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What is the glucocorticoid in elasmobranchs?

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1 alpha hydroxycorticoserone (1 alpha - OHB)

115
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Why are there so few studies on the elasmobranch glucocorticoid?

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There is no antibody specific to 1 alpha hydroxycorticosterone
-use corticoserone, the precursor to 1 alpha - OHB as proxy

116
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How do sharks osmoregulate?

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  • regulate the concentration of urea, that is less toxic than ammonia but can help keep salts lower
  • rectal gland secretes excess salts
117
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What hormones are involved in elasmobranch osmoregulation?

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  • 1 alpha hydroxycorticoserone
  • angiotensin II
  • vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)
  • C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP)
118
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What is the role of 1 alpha-OHB in elasmobranch osmoregulation?

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may play a role in rectal gland secretion

119
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angiotensis II

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hormone involved in sodium retention, influences electrolyte balance by reducing rates of glomular filtration and urine flow in kidney, inhibits salt release by rectal gland, increases drinking rate

120
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vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP)

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hormone that stimulates salt secretion by rectal gland

121
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C-type natriuretic peptide

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hormone that stimulates VIP and salt secretion by rectal gland

122
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Brain-Pituitary-Gonadal Axis

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Primary endocrine system involved in regulating reproduction
Environmental signal initiate endocrine cascade
-gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) from hypothalamus
-gonadotropins (GTHs) from pituitary gland (promotes gametogenesis)
-gonadal steroids from gonads

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What are the roles of gonadotropin releasing hormones in elasmobranchs?

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  • travel in bloodstream to pituitary to stimulate the release of gonadotropins
  • also have direct action on gonads to produce steroid hormones
124
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Where are sex steroids produced in female elasmobranchs?

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Ovaries

  • granulosa and theca cells
  • also corporea lutea for P4
125
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What are the elasmobranch gonadotropins and what do they do?

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  • follicle-stimulating hormone
  • luteinizing hormone
  • promote gametogenesis and secretion of sex hormones in gonads
126
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When does E2 peak during female reproductive cycle?

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Follicular development

127
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What are the roles of E2 during female reproduction?

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  • leads to synthesis of vitellogenin in the liver, which is transported to ovary and sequestered by oocytes
  • assists in development/function of oviducal gland and may aid in egg encapsulation and sperm storage in the gland
  • may play a role in placentation and secreting nutritive substances during pregnancy
  • may be associated with sexual maturation
128
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What are the roles of P4 during female reproduction?

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  • suppress E2 and vitellogenin production

- may be important for oviposition

129
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When does P4 peak during female reproductive cycle?

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during or shortly after ovulatory period

130
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When does T peak during female reproductive cycle?

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During follicular development with E2

131
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What are the roles of T during female reproduction?

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  • serves as a precursor to E2

- may serve a role in sperm storage

132
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Where are sex steroids produced in male elasmobranchs?

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In the testes in the Sertoli cells (and supplemented in Leydig cells)

133
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Where does spermatogenesis occur in elasmobranchs?

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Leydig cells and Sertoli cells

134
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What is the role of T and DHT in male reproduction?

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  • spermatogenesis
  • copulatory behavior
  • sexual maturation
135
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What is the role of corticosteroids during reproduction?

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-role in energy balance

136
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relaxin

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hormone that helps prepare for parturition

  • increases cervix size
  • maintenance of pregnancy prior to parturition
  • high concentration in male semen that helps female uterine contractability to get sperm to egg
137
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What is the role of thyroid hormones during reproduction?

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-role in energy balance

138
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calcitonin

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hormone that may be involved in fetal nutrition and absorption of yolk sac

139
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terminal nerve

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connect brain to olfactory structures and a site of GnRH production
-GnRH produced here regulate reproductive processes and behaviors resulting from perception of olfactory cues linked with breeding (pheromones)

140
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corpora lutea

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temporary endocrine structure in ovaries involved in production of P4
-remains of the ovarian follicle that has released a mature ovum during a previous ovulation

141
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Describe the size of the elasmobranch brain.

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Relatively large brain

-comparable to birds and mammals in some sharks and rays

142
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sensory sensitivity

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minimum stimulus detectable

143
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sensory acuity

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ability to discriminate stimulus characteristics (direction, resolution, type/source)

144
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Describe the elasmobranch eye

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  • small in relation to body size (eye size is larger in oceanic species, active species with active prey, and deep-dwelling species)
  • nearly 360 degree vision
  • nictitating membrane in charcharhinids and sphyrnids
  • don’t change lens shape, move lens
  • tapetum lucidum
  • have rods and cons (debated weather they see color)
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tapetum lucidum

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specialized reflective layer behind retina that allows second chance for detecting photons and boost sensitivity in dim light

146
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Describe the hearing anatomy and ability of elasmobranch.

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  • used for balance and sound perception
  • sensory hair cells
  • not as sensitive as teleosts
  • sensitive to low frequency sounds
  • can sense and response to pressure (depth, atmospheric pressure)
147
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Describe mechanosenses in elasmobranch

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  • lateral line detects water movements (differential movement between the body and surrounding water)
  • used for rheotaxis (orientation to water current), prey detection, predator avoidance, schooling, mating
  • mechanosensory neuromast (group of sensory hairs covered by gelatinous cupula in pores)
  • stimulated by sources up to 1-2 body lengths away
148
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lateral line

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cluster of pores along body filled with hair cells and gel that can sense water movements. Used for sense of mechanoreception

149
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mechanosensory neuromast

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group of sensory hairs covered by gelatinous cupula in pores along the lateral line. Involved in mechanoreception

150
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Describe electrosenses in elasmobranchs.

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  • ampullae of Lorenzini
  • electroreceptors sensitive to low-frequency electric stimuli
  • orientation to local inanimate electrical fields, geomagnetic navigation, detection of bioelectric fields produced by prey, predators, and conspecifics
  • pore with hair cells and hydrogel (creates voltage gradient)
151
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Describe olfaction in elasmobranchs.

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  • inhalent and exhalent nostrils (nares)
  • olfactory sac and rosettes (rosettes increase surface area)
  • olfactory bulb (part of brain that that receives olfactory info)
  • olfactory cues used to locate food
  • turn towards nare that first receives odor cue
  • approach odors from downstream
  • excited by odors from stressed fish more than unstressed fish
  • excited by amino acids and TMAO
  • have receptors in mouth that closely resemble taste organs
152
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How does the brain influence olfaction?

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  • threshold for olfactory-evoked feeding is lowered during starvation
  • appears hypothalamus senses low blood dietary conditions and lowers threshold
153
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What is the sequence of senses used at greater distances (sensitivity of senses from closest to farthest away)?

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  • electroreception (need to be closest)
  • lateral line
  • vision
  • hearing
  • olfaction (can sense from farthest distance)

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