Chapter 34 Flashcards
a hollow nerve chord that has pharyngeal slits
notochord
a phylum that has two basal groups of invertebrates and vertebrates and belong to the clade Deuterostomia
chordata
bilaterally symmetrical coelomates with segmented bodies
body plan of chordates
All ____ share the following set of derived characters:
- notochord
- dorsal hollow nerve cord
- pharyngeal slits
- muscular tail
chordates
a flexible rod between the digestive tube and nerve cord
notochord
the ____ develops into the central nervous system for chordates
nerve cord
grooves on the outer surface of the pharynx are called____ that later develop into ___
pharyngeal clefts… pharyngeal slits
the purpose of pharyngeal slits
suspension-feeding structures in invertebrate chordates, gas exchange in vertebrates
____ draw water through an incurrent siphon… they also have fewer ____ than other invertebrates
tunicates… hox genes
examples of jawless vertebrates that remain today
hagfish and lampreys
a clade of living jawless vertebrates
cyclostomes
jawless vertebrate that has a cartilaginouos skull, reduced vertebrate, flexible rod of cartilage
hagfish
hagfish produce ___ to repel competitors and predatrs
slime
jawed vertebrates
gnathostomes
- four limbs and feet with digits
- a neck
- fusion of the pelvic girdle to the backbone
- the absence of gills
- ears
these are adaptations of ____
tetrapods