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1
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What characterizes the phylum Chordata?

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4 anatomic features

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What does studying invertebrates in Chordata allow for?

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Clues to the origins of vertebrates

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What are the 3 subphyla of the phylum Chordata? Examples

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1- Urochordata = tunicates
2- Cephalochordata = lancelets
3- Vertebrata = vertebrates

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What are the 4 common features that all Chordatas have at some stage in their life?

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1- Notochord
2- Dorsal hollow nerve cord
3- Pharyngeal slits
4- Post-anal tail

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What is the notochord? When is it present? Where is it?

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Present in all chordate embryos
Longitudinal, flexible rod
Between digestive tube and nerve cord

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What is the notochord made from?

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Large fluid-filled cells in stiff fibrous tissue

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What does the notochord do?

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Skeletal support

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What does the notochord turn into in humans?

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Gelatinous (Jelly) material of the disks between vertebrae

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How does the dorsal hallow nerve cord develop?

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In embryo - from plate of ectoderm that rolls into a tube

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What does the dorsal hollow nerve cord develop into?

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Central nervous system = brain and spinal cord

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Where are the pharyngeal gill slits found? (3)

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Connected to the pharynx, behind the mouth and to the outside of the animal

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What does the pharyngeal gill slits do?

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Allows water to enter mouth and exit without going through digestive tract

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What does the pharyngeal slits function as in invertebrates of Chordata?

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Suspension feeding devices

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What does the pharyngeal gill slits turn into?

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Slits and structures become - modified gas exchange (water vertebrates), jaw support, hearing and more

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What is the post-anal tail?

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Muscular tail that extends past the anus

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What does the post-anal tail contain?

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Skeletal elements and muscles

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What does the post-anal tail do?

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Pushing force for aquatic species

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What is an example of the subphylum Urochordata?

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Tunicates = sea squirt

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Where are Urochordata found? How do they move?

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Marine - sessile

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How do Urochordata feed?

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Suspension-feeders

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Explain the process of suspension-feeding for Urochordatas

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Water passes inside animal by
incurrent siphon -> gill slits -> ciliated chamber (atrium) -> food is trapped here -> water exits through excurrent siphon

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What are Urochordata encased in?

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In a tunic of cellulose-like carbohydrate

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What of the 4 characteristics of Chordata are seen in young and adult Urochordata?

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Young - all 4

Adult - only pharyngeal gill slits retained

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What is an example of Cephalochordata?

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Lancelets

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What of the 4 characteristics of Chordata are seen in young and adult Cephalochordata?

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Young = all 4
Adult = retain all 4
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How do Cephalochordata feed? Explain

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Suspension feeders - mucus nets across gills trap particles

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How do Cephalochordata respire?

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A little in part by pharynx and gill slits

Mainly across external body surface

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Where are Cephalochordata found? Do they move?

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Found tail end buried

Frequently move burrow sites by swimming

29
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Explain how Cephalochordata swim

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Contraction of chevron-shaped muscles flexes notochord and pushes body forwards

30
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How are the chevron-shaped muscles used for swimming developed in Cephalochordata?

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From blocks of mesoderm - called somites

Arranged along each side of notochord in embryos

31
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What are the 2 stages of the evolution of vertebrates from invertebrates?

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1- ancestral Cephalochordata evolved form oranges similar to larva form of Urochordata
2- vertebrates evolved from Cephalochordata

32
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What is the hypothesis of Cephalochordata evolving from larva Urochordata?

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Paedogenetic

33
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Explain the hypothesis of Paedogenetic

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Larva developed sexual maturity before metamorphism - if successful than natural selection would have reinforced this

34
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Is there any evidence of the hypothesis Paedogenetic?

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No evidence supporting or contradicting it

35
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What are 3 distinct features of the subphylum Vertebrata?

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1- head protected by cranium
2- backbone
3- bones

36
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What else is unique to Vertebrata?

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Neural crest cells

37
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What are the 6 milestones of Vertebrata evolution?

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1- cranium 
2- backbone
3- jaws/lungs
4- 4 limbs = colonized land 
5- amniotic eggs
6- mammary glands
38
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What are Gnathostoma?

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Jawed vertebrates

39
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What does having a jaw mean for the Gnathostoma? (2)

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1- wide range of feeding niches

2- evolved from gill arches in pharynx

40
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How did vertebrates move onto land? Common ancestor?

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Became tetrapods

Common ancestor shared with fleshy finned fish

41
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What is the intermediate between an amphibian and a lobe-finned fish?

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Tiktaalik

42
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What happened to the amphibians after colonizing land?

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Diversified out = age of amphibians

43
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Though amphibians colonized land, they must spend most of life in water. Why?

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They are dependent on water for reproduction

44
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Would amphibians be able to survive and thrive in rainforests?

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Yes = moist habitat for reproduction

45
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How do amphibians respire?

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Small lungs so have cutaneous gas exchange = gas exchange across moist skin

46
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What developed next for amphibians to move away from water?

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Amniotic eggs

47
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What are amniotic eggs?

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Drought-resistant = external water not necessary for production

48
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What are the 4 extraembryonic membranes?

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1- yolk sac
2- chorion
3- allantois
4- amnion

49
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What is inside the amnion of an egg?

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Amnion is the member with Amniotic cavity filled with amniotic fluid which protects the developing embryo

50
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Explain the allantois of the egg

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Stores excreted waste of the developing embryo

51
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What is the yolk of the egg for? Where is it?

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Nutrients and energy for the embryo

Contains within yolk sac

52
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What is the chorion of an egg?

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Outside membrane before shell

53
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How are amniotes (eggs) classified?

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How many temporal arches and opening on their skull

54
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What are the 5 groups of diapsids (reptiles)?

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1- tuataras
2- lizards
3- snakes 
4- crocodiles
5- birds
55
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What are synapsids?

A

Mammals

56
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How do we distinguish diapsids (reptiles) for synapsids (mammals)?

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All synapsids have mammary glands

57
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What are 2 other features to distinguish a mammal?

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1- fur or hair

2- endothermy

58
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What is fur and endothermy? How is it used?

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Endothermy - maintain body temp with metabolism

Homeothermy - maintain body temp requires fur

59
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What is the hypothesized reason as to why humans don’t have fur?

A

Reduce number of external parasites

60
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Mammals are divided into 3 groups, what are they?

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Monotremes
Marsupials
Eutherials

61
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What are monotremes? Milk?

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Egg-laying mammals

Milk secreted by mammary glands into milk patched

62
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What are marsupials?

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Short gestation = young born underdeveloped and at birth crawl to mammary the gland to suckle milk

63
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What are Eutherials?

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Longer gestation = developed at birth and weaned at early aged

64
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Explain the yolk of Eutherials

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Reduced as embryo is nourished by mother’s blood = had placenta

65
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How are marsupials embryo nourishment different than Eutherials?

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By yolk sac placenta = limited resources

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