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Lab 2: Life In the Water Part 1 Flashcards

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Spiny dogfish scientific name

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Squalus acanthias

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Size of dogfish shark

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Adult males reach one meter, females slightly larger

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Aquatic vertebrates are characterized by having what type of body shape that allows them to slide easily through water with reduced resistance

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Streamlined or fusiform shape

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Main areas of external body of shark

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Head with branchial region

Trunk extending to cloacal aperture

Tail (caudal to cloaca)

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Main organ of locomotion in sharks that provide the propulsive thrust for swimming

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Caudal fin

Asymmetrical-most of the fin lies below the vertebral column. Making the lower lobe larger than the upper lobe.

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Shark caudal fins types are known as ……

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Heterocercal - lower larger lobe

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Placoid scales

What are they homologous to

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Each scale consists of a basal plate embedded into the dermis of the skin and a sharp point protruding from the skin and pointing caudally, hence the skin feels roughy when you move your hand over it from tail to head.

Homologous to teeth

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Sharks colouring

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Grey colour dorsally and lighter centrally. This is known as countershading.

Helps organism be less visible when viewed from below or above

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Other fins on shark

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Anterior dorsal fin
Posterior dorsal fin

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Why are they called spiny dogfish sharks?

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Each of the dorsal fins bears a spine on the anterior margin

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Life span of dogfish and how can you tell

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25-30 years

Concentric rings laid down during growth of hard parts of scales

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Pectoral fin function

Pelvic fin functions

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Steering

Males-stuff, spined copulateit steuxures called claspers. These fins are supported by cartilaginous fin rays called ceratotrichia

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Sharks have what type of eye

Unique eyelids of sharks

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Well developed lateral eyes

Immovable eyelids

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Lateral at each corner of the mouth of sharks is a ________ which contains a _______ supported internally by a thin rod of ______

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Labial pouch

Labial fold

Cartilage

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Teeth of dogfish sharks are modified…..

Teeth arrangement and function

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Placoid scales, arranged in rows

First two are ones in use at any one time. The teeth are extremely sharp and replaced when worn by teeth from the back rows. Teeth are used for grasping and tearing prey, not chewing.

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External nostrils of dogfish sharks are called ______. They are open on the ______ surface of the snout.

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Nares

Ventral

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How does water enter and exit the nares of dogfish sharks

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A flap of skin separates the opening into a medial excurrent and a lateral incurrent aperatue. Water flows into the incurrent aperature to the olfactory organ within, then out the excurrent aperture.

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The five external openings anterior to the pectoral fin are the ______

How are they separated

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External hill slots

Strips of tissue unlike bony fish that have a common opening of the gills by an operculum

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Spiracle

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Caudal to the eye is a reduced gill slit

Spiracle valve is a flap of tissue that can cover this opening.

Water can enter the spiralled when the mouth is occupied with prey

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A reduced gill called the ______is present on the wall of the spiracular valve

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Pseudobranch

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Patches of different pores on the dorsal and ventral head region belong to the _______ or ______

If you press on the skin of the head, what happens?

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Ampullae

Lorenzini

Jelly-like fluid will exude from the press

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The ampullae are ________ that can detect the small electric field around living organism and can sense the presence of prey even when it is not visible.

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Sensory structures

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The ampullae are derived from what sensory system and what does it do

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Lateral line

Detects low frequency vibrations and imparts a sense of “distant touch” to fishes

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The main canal of the lateral line system is located where?

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On the lateral body surface and it’s position is indicated by a thin horizontal stripe along the side of the body

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Cloaca of shark -location and function
Centrally and recovers the products of the digestive system, urinary and reproductive systems.
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Within the cloaca, a pointed structure, the ______ is visible In males it is called the In females it is called the
Papilla Urogenital papilla because it receives ducts from both the urinary and reproductive systems and Carrie’s both urine and sperm Urinary papilla because it only receives urine. Substances are discharged from the small pore at the tip of the papilla
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The anus, the opening of the digestive system into the cloaca, enters the cloaca _______ to the papilla
Cranial
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A pair of _______ are located on the lateral edge of the cloaca in both sexes. These pores are though to be an outlet for excess coelomic fluid
Abdominal pores
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There are two Basic types of bone found in the vertebrate skeleton:
Dermal bone Endochondral bone
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Endochondral bone and dermal bone starts
Starts out as cartilage in the embryo. The cartilage provides an exact blueprint to gradually be replaced by bone. Dermal bone forms dermis of the skin and is superficial. Dermal bone never begins as cartilage, instead, bone cells accumulate directly in the dermis. (Bony scales of fish, turtles)
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The _____skeleton is lacking in the shark. The endoskeleton is completely cartilaginous and is never converted to bone as it is in other vertebrates
Dermal
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The endoskeleton is divided into the _____ and _____ skeletons
Visceral (inner tube) -branchial or hill arches and their derivatives in aquatic vertebrates. Middle ear bones, tongue supports and larynx/trachea in lab animals. Somatic (outer tube) -divided into axial skeleton -skull, vertebral column, ribs, sternum And appendicular skeleton -pectoral -pelvic -associated limbs
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Why is the skull or Squalus not typical of most fish?
It is cartilaginous and does not illustrate the ancestral condition of a heavy covering of dermal bone.
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What are the dermal bones in Amia calva (bowfin fish) Dermal head skeleton
Chondricranium surrounding the brain Visceral skeleton Dermal bones These become United and in distinct in a number of animals
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Basic elements of the chondrocranium (part of the endoskeleton)
Basal plate and ethmoid plate Ethmoid plate extends between the nasal sac The optic capsule surround each inter ear and a nasal capsule surrounds each nasal sac
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The chondrocranium is part of which skeleton system
Endoskeleton Axial division of the somatic skeleton
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Rostrum
Hollow trough at the anterior end of the chondrocranium. The cavity within it is the precerebral cavity that is filled with a gelatinous substance
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Series of small foramina (holes) in the supraoribtal crest are the __________ through which branches of the superficial __________ nerves pass
Superficial ophthalmic foramina Ophthalmic
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Foramen magnum Rounded bulbs on either side of it are what?
Large hole in the occipital region of the chondrocranium through which the spinal cord passes Occipital condyles that articulate with the first trunk vertebra
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Cranial cavity
The cavity in which the brain lies in the chondrocranium
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The wide flats floor between the optic capsules at the posterior end of the chondrocranium is the _____
Basal plate
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Optic foramen
Opening for the passage of cranial nerves in the region of the orbit Large opening in the anterior ventral wall - passage of the optic nerve from the retina on its way to the brain.
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Trigeminofacial foramen
Posterior in the orbit, allows passage of the trigeminal and facial cranial nerves
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Arches that support the jaws and gills are composed of ______ in dogfish and cartilage replaced by bone in _____
Cartilage Bony fish
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There are 7 visceral arches that are loosely starched to the axial skeleton:
1. Jaws or Mandibular arch 2. Hyoid arch 3-7. Branchial arches (1-5)
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Mandibular arch (Jaws) -consists of… -upper jaw on each side is formed from a…., and lower jaw from the …. Cartilages from each side of the upper and lower jaws have fused in the ____
Upper and lower jaw Palatoquadrate cartilage Mandibular cartilage Midline
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Both shark jaws bear _______ that are similar in their triangular shape (homodont) and are loosely attached to the _____ overlying the jaws By contrast, bony fish have what shaped teeth and where are they attached
Teeth Skin Cone-shaped homodont teeth Different type of attachment
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Each palatoquadrate cartilage bears two processes:
Anterior process is the original process which projects up from the upper jaw into the orbit. The orbital processes on each side prevent lateral slipping of the jaws. Posterior to this, at the angle of the jaw where the upper and lower jaws meet (jaw joint) is the adductor Mandibular process where the adductor Mandibular muscles attaches.
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The Lower jaw consists of two fused ______ cartilages
Mandibular Small labial cartilages appear on the lateral surface of the jaws
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Hyoid arch function and type of jaw suspension
Modified to support the jaws Hypstylic type of jaw suspension- allows some movement. In relation to the skull and permits forward protrusion of the jaws to assist in prey capture. Since the jaws are not tightly fused to the skull, the shark can protrude the jaws away from the head to be able to pick up benthic food items from the sea bottom or grape prey and allow deeper penetration of the jaws into larger prey.
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3 major elements of the hyoid arch
Basihyal-single mid ventral element Ceratohyal-extends from basilhyal to where the upper and lower jaws meet) Hyomandibula-against the toxic capsule of the chondrocranium
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Hyomandibula function
Major structure supporting the jaws Can increase the size of the gape by swinging the hyomandibula laterally and anteriorly to force apart the two jaw joints, increase the volume of the oral cavity and create a small amount of suction.
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The main elements of the branchial arches that support the hill tissue are the ______ and ______
Cerato and epibranchials
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Long, thin cartilaginous ______ project laterally from the cerato- and epibranchials to support the full tissue located on the inter branchial septae
Gill rays
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Smaller, slime like processes called ________ project from the medial side of the ceratobranchials and epibranchials
Gill rakers Prevent foreign materials from entering the gill pouch and damaging the delicate full tissue
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The dermal Skelton is not present at all in ________
Cartilaginous fish Thick cover of bone over the jaws and chondrocranium
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Dermal roof series location on Amia
Covers the top of the head and has openings for the nares, orbits and a gap between the cheek region and the jaws.
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Parasphenoid series in Amia
Midline of the root of the palate and bears numerous minute teeth
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Palatial series in Amia
Lateral to parasphenoid series Also bears teeth and which forms much of the roof of the mouth
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The palatoquadrate cartilage of the upper jaw and the Mandibular cartilage of the lower jaw are present in the embryo of bony fish but only the ________ parts ossify (become bone) in the adult where they are known as the ______ and _____ bones These two bones form the _______ in all jawed vertebrates
Caudal Quadrate Articulate Jaw joint
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Lower jaw series
Dermal bone covering the lateral and medial surfaces of the jaw
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The vote visceral arches are covered by the _________ that lies caudal to the jaws and centrally by the _____ series
Opercular Gular
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Pectoral series covers what in Amia
Endochondral bone of the pectoral girdle
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List the Dermal bone series in Amia
Dental roof Parasphenoid Palatal Lower jaw Opercular Pectoral Gular
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Which skeletal system are vertebrae apart of ?
Somatic axial
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Function of vertebrae
Provide flexibility of the trunk, support for the main axis of the body and they protect the spinal cord
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Two types of vertebrae in fish:
Trunk Caudal
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The dorsal arch of cartilage surrounding the spinal cord is the _______ The spinal cord lies within the ______and is protect by the vertebral arch
Vertebral arch (neural arch) Neural cavity
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Where do ribs attach
Short processes on the ventrolateral border of each centrum (vertebral body) are the basapophyses or transverse processeses (Trunk vertebrae)
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_________vertebrae have a centrum and a vertebral canal but lack _________
Basopophyses
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The arches of cartilage projecting vebtrally from the centrum of caudal vertebrae are known as _______ What does it do
Hemal arches Protects the hemal canal and vein that are contained within a hemal canal.
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Inter muscular and subperioneal rib differentiation
Ribs Lie between the two major dorsal and ventral groups of body musculature (Dog fish) Ribs Lie beneath the body musculature next to the coelom
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What supports the two dorsal fins?
Cartilage known as pterygiophores Ones closest to the vertebral column are the basal pterygiophores and those more distal are the radial pterygiophores The fibrous rays supporting the actual fin are known as ceratotrichia
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The girdle that supports the pectoral fin is formed by a U-shaped cartilage called the _______. This is separated further….
Scapulocoracoid Ventral portion of U is called the Coracoid bar. Dorsal to Coracoid bar on both sides is the scapular process to which the fins are attached at the glenoid surface. Suprascapular cartilage is attarched to the scapular process dorsally.
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The skeleton of the fin of dogfish consists of what cartilages from cranial to caudal. All together they are known as?
Propterygium Mesopterygium Metapterygium Basal pterygiophores
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The scalulocoracoid of the shark represents the Endoskeleton portion of the _____
Girdle
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The main portion of the dermal girdle in Amia is…. Other portions are…
Cleithrum Supracleithrum Post temporal bone Postclekthrum
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What are the parts of the pelvic girdle
Puboischiadic bar Iliac process Metapteryogium (main fin support) Acetabular surface Propterygium
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Male dogfish claspers
Formed from modified radial pterygiophores in the pelvic girdle
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Three types of muscles in vertebrates and their location and presence or lack of voluntary control.
Skeletal (striated or voluntary) (attached to bone and causes bones to move) Smooth (walls of digestive organs, blood vessels, autonomic nervous system control) Cardiac (only in walls of heart, not voluntary)
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Skeletal muscle can be divided into what two ways
Somatic (on axial skeleton and appendages) Branchiomeric (branchial) on visceral muscles attarched to visceral skeleton associated with gill arches and derivatives
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In fish, the vast majority of muscle mass is ________ which do what
Axial musculature Create lateral undulations to move forward
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Origin and insertion of muscles
Muscle where it attaches to skeleton and moved the least (proximal) Point of attachment that moves the most (distal)
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At each end of a muscle, the connective tissue forms a _______ which attaches to a specific bone sit Most ______ are long but some are flat sheets called _____
Tendon Tendons Aponeuroses
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The connective tissue of the tendon is continuous with the connective tissue sheath that surrounded the bundles of muscles fibres known as _____
Fascia
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Flexion
Reduced the angle between two body parts Ex: bicep flexes the forearm by bringing it closer to the upper arm
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Extension
Increases the angle between two body parts Triceps straighten the forearm
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Abduction
Draws a body part away from the midline Ex: moving arm out from the body to the side
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Adduction
Draws a body party toward the midline Ex: moving your arm in from lateral to medial, close to the side of the body
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Rotation
A circular movement about a long axis Ex: when you shake your head “non”
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Protraction and retraction
Forward and backward movement of a limb during walking in a tetrapod
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Supination and pronation
Rotational movements of the hand Turning hand so the palm faces up Turning hand so the palm faces down
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Muscles that perform the same action are known as Muscles that perform the opposite action are called
Synergists Antagonists (tricep and bicep)
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Why is a shark so difficult to skin?
Connective tissue in the dermis of the skin attaches deeply into the muscles It can be continually cut with a scalpel to sever the numerous connection between the skin and muscle layers
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What separates the epaxial (dorsal) and hypaxial (ventral) muscles
Horizontal skeletogenous septum
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The axial muscles consist of numerous segments called ______ separated by connective tissue called ______
Myomeres Myosepta
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Lines alba
Ventral surface of the shark Junction of myomeres from opposite sides form a distinct line of whitish connective tissue
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Dogfish utilize the Anguillliform mode of locomotion which means …..
They produce large waves of contraction that involve most of the length of the trunk and tail The waves increase in amplitude as they pass down the length of the body to the tail where the waves are largest and produce most thrust
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How does tight skin help the shark swim?
Adheres tightly to the muscle below and helps to transmit the force of muscle contractions to the tail by acting as an exotendon!!!
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Hypobranchial muscles are a forward extension of the _______ muscles but are more highly modified than the ______
Hypaxial muscles Epibranchial muscles
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Hypobranchial muscles and their function
Coracoarcual Coracomandibular Coracohyoid Coracobranchials Depress floor of oral cavity and pharynx. Expands the oral cavity during feeding and inspiration.
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Thyroid gland function
Secreted hormones such as thyroxin which stimulated growth, metabolism, and in mammals heat production.
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The rectum cervicis is made up by
Coracoarculas Coracohyoids
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Function of the paired fins are accomplished by what two major antagonistic muscles?
Dorsal Abductor (elevates fin and pulls it caudally) and ventral adductor (brings fin cranially)
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Muscles controlling the pelvic fin
Pelvic abductor (dorsal) -elevates the fin Pelvic adductor (ventral) - depress the fin

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