Chapter 27 Flashcards
What are the 3 chordate types
Lancelets, tunicates and vertebrates
Notochord provides
Support and replaced Skelton
The nerve cord…
Develops into the brain and spinal cord
The 3 key features of a chrodates
Notochord, nerve cord and post anal tail and pharyngeal gill slips
All vertebrae’s have
Clusters of hox genes,
A vertebral column
Cranium
Endoskeleton
Diverse internal organs
Importance of pharyngeal Gil slits
Used to take in oxygen
What are the 2 cyclostomes
Hagfish and lampreys
Hagfish vs lampreys
Hagfish have notochord and lampreys posses a rudimentary vertebral column
Gnathstomes are
Animals with jaws and enlarged brain
Chnondrivhthyes examples
Sharks, skates and rays q
Chondrichthyes are also known as
Cartilaginous fishes
How does water move through sharks ?
Through their mouth and across gills
Chondrichthyes teeth are
Not set into their jaw
Oviparity
Lays eggs
Ovoiparity
Eggs retained in female, no placenta
Vivparity
Eggs develop in uterus, nourished by placenta
Ostechthyes are
Bony fish
Key features of a osteichthyes
Protective operculum,
Swim bladder
Bony skeleton
How do most osteichthyes reproduce
External fertilization
How do ray finned fish move
Muscles through their body they are supported by thin, bonds flexible rays
Actinopterygii are
Rey finned fish