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Lab Midterm key terms Flashcards

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what are the 3 components of a skull

A

splanchnocranium

chondrocranium

dermatocranium

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what is the cartilage of shark upper and lower jaw

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upper: platoquadrate

lower: Meckel’s cartilage

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what is an anapsid

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no temporal fenestrae

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what is a synapsid

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1 pair of temporal fenestrae

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what is a diapsid

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2 pairs of temporal fenestrae

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what is it called when there are no temporal fenestrae

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anapsid

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what is it called when there is 1 pair of temporal fenestrae

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synapsid

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what is it called when there are 2 pairs of temporal fenestrae

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diapsid

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what is a homodont

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all teeth are same shape (not necessarily in size)

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what is a heterodont

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teeth different shape and size

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what is a edente

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no teeth

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what is it called when teeth are all same shape

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homodont

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12
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what is it called when teeth are different shapes

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heterodont

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13
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what is it called when no teeth

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edente

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14
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what does polyphodont mean

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teeth replaced repeatedly throughout life

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what does diphodont mean

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2 generations of teeth

16
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what it it called when teeth are repeatedly replaced

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polyphodont

17
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what is it called when there are 2 generations of teeth

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diphodont

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what is a serodont

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blade like teeth

carnivore

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what is a lophodont

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ridges that run cheek to tongue

herbivore (rodent)

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what is a selenodont

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ridges run front to back

herbivore (grazer)

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what is a bunodont

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4 rounded cusps

omnivore

22
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what kind of teeth do carnivores have

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serodont

23
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what kind of teeth do rodents have

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lophodont

24
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what kind of teeth do grazers have

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selenodont

25
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what kind of teeth do omnivores

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bunodont

26
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what is a diastema

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a gap in teeth that elongates the jaw

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