Lecture 17 Flashcards
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How to get better, stronger, faster?
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All of vertebrate life is descendent from fish
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Chordates
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- Cephalochordata
- Urochordata
- Vertebrata
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Unique characteristics of Chordates
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- Dorsal hollow nerve cord
- Notochord
- Muscular post-anal-tail
4
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Pharyngeal slits (pouches)
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- located on lateral surface of the head
- seem to be an ancestral trait in deuterostomes
- lost in echinoderms
- in vertebrates, pharyngeal tissue supported by arches
- evolved into jaw structure, inner ear parts
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Function of Pharyngeal slits
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- filter feeding in cephalochordates (lancelet) and urochordates (tunicates)
- respiration in vertebrates (water coming in mouth passes through slits, O2 CO2 can be exchanged across a respiratory surface = gills, gills located btwn slits, supported by cartilaginous arches)
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Gill slits and gill arches
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- pharyngeal slits = gill slits
- bars btwn the slits = gill arches (bone or cartilage, gill filaments are on the gill arches)
- Bony fishes have 4 pairs of gill arches
- Each arch has pairs of gill filaments
- Bony fishes also have a gill cover (operculum)
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Gill filament
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- thin, vascularized, high surface area
- Blood vessels flow through gill arches
- capillary beds in gill filaments; gas exchange
- filament epithelium is one cell thick (1-2 um)
8
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Countercurrent exchange
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- water& blood flow in opposing direction
- max the exchange of of materials across osmotic gradients as opposed to cocurrent flow
- minimizing heat loss
- ensures that concentration gradients are maintained
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Fish circulatory system
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- closed system
- arteries (away from heart) ventral aorta–> arterioles –> capillaries –> venules (to heart) –> veins (dorsal aorta)
- u can’t accelerate the blood after it goes in the capillary bed, flows passively
- human (not fish) have:
(pulmonary circuits = heart –> lungs –> heart; systemic circuit = heart –> body –> heart, 4 chambered heart)
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Fish heart = 2 chambers and folded
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- strong, muscular pump
- ventrally located
- maintains blood flow
- 2+ chambers (auricle/atrium and ventricle)
- one way valves so no backflow
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Vertebrates - Characteristics
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- Axial skeleton
- Appendicular skeleton
- Closed circulatory system
- Organs suspended in coelom
12
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Axial skeleton
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Vertebrates
- Cranium (skull)
- Vertebral column (spine)
- Ribs
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Appendicular skeleton
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- Pectoral girdle (2 pectoral fins)
- Pelvic gridle (2 pelvic fins)
14
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Closed circulatory system
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- Ventral heart
15
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Organs suspended in coleom
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important