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Vertebrate Skull Flashcards

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Chondrocranium

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From neural crest cells and mesenchyme - cartilagenous or replacement bone

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Occipitals

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Bones at the back of chondrocranium, surrounding foramen magnum

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Sphenoids

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Side bones of chondrocranium, surrounding foramina

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Ethmoid complex

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Honeycomb like structures, warms and filters air during inhalation through mucous and blood vessels, helps body retain heat and moisture during exhalation

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Foramina

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Openings on the side of chondrocranium for cranial nerves

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Mesethmoid

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Dividing structure between ethmoid complexes

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Foramen magnum

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Larger opening surrounded by occiptals in chondrocranium where the spinal cord exits the skull

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Ethmoid complex synonym

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Turbinals

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Splanchnocranium

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Seven branchial arches and all its variations, including jaws, middle ear bones, hyoid apparati. Made of cartilage or replacement one. Embryonic origins of neural crest cells.

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Palatoquadrate

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Splanchnocranium, modified mandibular arch, top “jaw”

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Meckel’s cartilage

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Splanchnocranium, modified mandibular arch, lower “jaw”

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Quadrate

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Reducted palatoquadrate, articulates with articular bone

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Articular

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Reduced ossified Meckel’s cartilage, articulates with quadrate

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Dermatocranium

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Dermal bone, only in teleostomi, covers the dorsal side and encases much of the splanchno- and chondrocranium

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Hyomandibula

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Splanchnocranium, modified hyoid arch, often for jaw suspension

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Paleostyly

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No jaws - agnathans. All seven arches are gill arches

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Autostyly

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Mandibular arch: palatoquadrate and Meckle’s, fused to chondrocranium
Hyoid arch: gill arch
Branchial arches: gill arhces

In holocephali and dipnoi

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Amphistyly

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P&MC attached by ligaments
Hyomandibula attached by ligaments
Others: gill arches

Extinct now, doesn’t exist any more

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Hyostyly

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Sharks

P&MC positioned by optic pegs
Hyomandibula forms swining bridge
Highly mobile

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Modified Hyostyly

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Most actinopterygii (teleost) fish

Quadrate and articular remain
Hyomandibula forms swining bridge, suspended also by sympletic

Highly highly kinetic, lots of joints and ligaments

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Metautostyly

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Amphibians, sauropsids

Q&A
Quadrate suspends lower jaw
Hyoid arch = middle ear columella

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Craniostylic

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Splanchnocranium all in middle ear

Jaw hinge is squamosal (top) and dentary (bottom)

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Zygomatic arch

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Bony feature at the side of the skull, forms from fusion of jugal and squamosal arch

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Groups of the dermatocranium (6)

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1) Facial (jaw, nose)
2) Orbital (eyes)
3) Temporal (behind orbit, posterior)
4) Vault (roof of skull)
5) Palatal (roof of mouth)
6) Mandibular (lower jaw)

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Premaxillla

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front of mouth bone

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Maxilla

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sides of mouth bone, fuses to form secondary palate

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Nasal

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nasal bone

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Frontal

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between eyes bone

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lacrimal

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immeidately before eyes bone

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Jugal

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side of eyes bone

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Squamosal

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bottom, under eyes-ish bone

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Parietal

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Up, top, back bone

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Dentary

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lower jaw bone

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Fused dentaries is called

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Mandible (fused at mandibular symphysis)

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Sagittal crest

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For chompy muscle attachment

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Pleurodont

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Fused to inside of jaw. Lizards and frogs. Polyphyodont

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Acrodont

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Fused to outside of jaw. Sharks. Continually replaced (polyphyodont)

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Thecodont

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rooted teeth. Us. Not polyphyodont

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Isodont/homodont

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Non-differentiated teeth

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Heterodont

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differentiated teeth

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Incisors

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Cutting into teeth

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Canines

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Rippy teeth

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Molars

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Grindy teeth

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Diastema

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Herbivore gap

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Carnassials

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Scissor teeth

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Nuchal crest

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Support muscles (back, occiptal)

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