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Chapter 34A: Vertebrates Flashcards

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Have a notochord and a dorsal, hollow nerve cord

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Chordates

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Are bilaterian animals belonging to the clade called Deuterostomia

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Chordates

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Chordates comprise all vertebrates and 2 groups of invertebrates:

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Urochordates
Cephalochordates

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What are the 4 key characters of chordates?

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Notochord
Dorsal, hollow nerve cord
Pharyngeal slits or clefts
Muscular, post-anal tail

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A longitudinal, flexible rod between the digestive tube and nerve cord

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Notochord

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Provides flexible skeletal support during early development and in adults that retain it

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Notochord

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The ______ _____ of the embryo develops into the CNS: the brain and spinal cord

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Nerve cord

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All chordate embryos have grooves along the outer surface of the pharynx called

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Pharyngeal clefts

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The grooves develop into _________ ______ that open into the pharynx

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Pharyngeal slits

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Allow water to pass from the mouth to the outside of the body, bypassing the digestive tract

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Pharyngeal slits

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Suspension-feeding structures in many invertebrate chordates

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Pharyngeal slits and arches

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Modified into gills for gas exchange in non-tetrapod vertebrates

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Pharyngeal slit and arches

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___________ do not develop pharyngeal slits, the _________ develop into parts of the ear, head, and neck

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Tetrapods; arches

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Provides propelling force in many aquatic species

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Muscular, post-anal tail

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Are a part of phylum Cephalochordata and are marine suspension feeders, named for their blade like shape

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Lancelets

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They swim using a simplified form of the mechanism used by fish

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Lancelets

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Are a part of phylum Urochordata and are more closely related to other chordates than are lancelets

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Tunicates

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Adult tunicates and are sessile

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Sea squirts

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__________ are chordates that have a backbone

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Vertebrates

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A skeletal system and complex nervous system have allowed vertebrates efficiency at 2 essential tasks:

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Capturing food
Evading predators

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Unique to vertebrates; appears along the edges of the closing neural tube

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Neural crest

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Neural crest cells disperse through the embryo and give rise to many features:

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Teeth
Some bones and cartilage of the skull
Several types of neurons
Sensory capsules

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Hagfish and Lampreys belong to which two phylum

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Myxini and Petromyzontida

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Are the only living vertebrates lacking jaws

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Hagfish and lampreys

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Lack a backbone, but have rudimentary vertebrae

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Hagfish and lampreys

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Jawless vertebrates

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Cyclostomes

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Jawless vertebrates with reduced vertebrae and a cartilaginous skull

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Hagfish

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Has rows of slime glands that produce a slime that repels competitors and predators

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Hagfish

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Jawless vertebrates with reduced vertebrae, a notochord, and a cartilaginous skeleton

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Lampreys

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Among the earliest vertebrates in the fossil record; have large eyes to locate prey

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Conodonts

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Jawed vertebrates (“Jaw mouth”)

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Gnathostomes

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Include sharks and their relatives, ray finned fish, lobe-finned fish, amphibians, reptiles (including birds), and mammals

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Gnathostomes

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Aquatic Gnathostomes have rows of organs sensitive to vibrations located along body sides

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Lateral line system

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Sharks, rays and their relatives

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Chondrichthyans

35
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Have a skeleton composed primarily of cartilage, often impregnated with calcium

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Chondrichthyans

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In Chondrichthyans, this structure functions as a stabilizer and others structures are used for maneuvering

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Dorsal fins; paired pectoral and pelvic fins

37
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The largest sharks and rays are

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Suspension feeders

38
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What in Chondrichthyans’ digestive tract increase surface area and slow the passage of food

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Spiral valve

39
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Eggs hatch outside the mother’s body

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Oviparous

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Eggs are retained within the oviduct; young are born after hatching within the uterus

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Ovoviviparous

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Young develop within the uterus and are nourished by a yolk sac placenta, absorption of nutrient rich fluid, or by eating other eggs

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Viviparous

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A common chamber with a single opening to the outside of the body

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Cloaca

43
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What three structures empty into the cloaca

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Reproductive tract
Excretory system
Digestive tract

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Bottom-dwellers

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Rays

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The vast majority of vertebrates are ___________, nearly all of which have a bony ______________

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Osteichthyans; endoskeleton

46
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Bony fish and tetrapods

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Osteichthyans

47
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Aquatic Osteichthyans

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Fish

48
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Gills of fish are protected by a bony flap called

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Operculum

49
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An air sac called the _______ ___________ is filled to maintain buoyancy

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Swim bladder

50
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Ray-finned fish

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Actinopterygii

51
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Lobe-fins

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Sarcopterygii

52
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What are the 3 lineages of Lobe-fin

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Coelacanths (Actinistia)
Lungfish (Dipnoi)
Tetrapods

53
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__________ are Gnathostomes that have limbs

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Tetrapods

54
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4 fish characters

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Scales
Fins
Gills
Lungs

55
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5 tetrapod characters

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Neck
Ribs
Fin skeleton
Flat skull
Eyes on top of skull

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