Dogfish Flashcards
projects anteriorly, protects pre cerebral cavity
rostrum
lateral to base of rostrum
nasal capsule
paired openings on surface of nasal capsules
nares
dorsal support for eyes
ant orbital process, supraorbital crest, postorbital process
supports eyeball, rooted to anterior trigeminal foramen
optic pedicle
largest opening in medial orbit wall
optic foramen
posteroventral eye support
basitrabecular process
several openings in orbital crest
superficial ophthalmic foramina
house inner ears
otic capsule
wide, flat, ventral part of otic capsules
basal plate
large medial opening in occipital region
foramen magnum
on either side of foramen magnum, articulate with first vertebra
occipital condyle
the most anterior arches, highly modified for jaw articulation
mandibular arch, hyoid arch
support interbranchial septa, lie between pharyngeal slits
branchial arches
upper jaw, articulates with chondrocranium, has two dorsal projections
palatoquadrate cartilage
anterior dorsal projection of palatoquadrate cartilage
orbital process
posterior dorsal projection of palatoquadrate cartilage
adductor mandibulae process
lower jaw
Meckel’s cartilage
dorsal segment of hyoid arch
hyomandibular
articulates ventrally with hyomandibular
ceratohyal
articulates ventrally with ceratohyals
basihyal
the pharyngeal slits in dorsal to ventral order
pharyngobranchial, epibranchial, ceratobranchial
ventral completion of branchial arches
hypobranchial, basibranchial
inward projections of branchial arches
gill raker
thin, outward projections of branchial arches
gill ray
large, proximal base of fin (not caudal)
basal pterygiophore
series more distally from basal pterygiophore
radial pterygiophores
fibrous dermal rays
ceratotrichia
anchored anteriorly to basal pterygiophores
fin spine
ventral part of pectoral girdle
coracoid bar
dorsal portion (past fins) of pectoral girdle
scapular process
dorsal pectoral girdle
suprascapular cartilage
area of pectoral girdle that associates with fin
glenoid surface
single element of pelvic girdle
puboischiadic bar
area of articulation with pelvic fin
acetabular surface
projection of male pelvic fin associated with reproduction
clasper
hourglass shaped vertebral column, houses notochord
centrum
forms neural canal
neural arch
tips of neural plates that form a low ridge
neural spine
side projections coming off of centrum
basopophysis
projections of basopophysis
rib
plate of cartilage formed on ventral side of centrum
hemal arch
space for dorsal artery and ventral vein
hemal canal
blind-ended chamber opened through the nares
olfactory sac
lies on either side of the mouth
labial pocket
flap separating labial pocket and mouth
labial fold