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ectothermic

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cold-blooded (heat/temp based on environment)

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endothermic

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maintain internal body temp, warm blooded, metabolism releases heat energy (birds and mammals, insolation- fur, fat, feathers, hair)

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common characteristics of all animals in phylum chordata

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  1. dorsal notochord (vertebrae and vertebral column)
  2. dorsal tubular nerve chord
  3. pharyngeal pouches
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dorsal notochord

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tough and flexible, develops into the backbone (vertebrae and vertebral column), runs length of animal’s body, some maintain notochord and never grow a backbone, some only have to in larval stage

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vertebrae and vertebral column

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  1. individual bones of vertebral column
  2. vertebrae put together
    cartilaginous bones in sharks
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dorsal tubular nerve chord

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spinal chord/vertebrae grow around this for protection, connects to brain and transmits signals throughout body (hollow)

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pharyngeal pouches

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slits/clefts, supposed to prove evolution (we evolved from animals), develop into gills, mammals- develop into vocal chords, neck, and ears

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subphylum cephalochordata

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lancelets (fish-like), aquatic, burrow into sand, mouth sticking out because filter feeder (eats plankton), suck in water and push out water through gills, never get backbone, maintain notochord

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subphylum urochordata

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tunicates (sea squirts)- soft bodied, sessile, filter feeder, notochord only in larval stage, larvae attach to things on sea floor, slits in pharynx

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subphylum vertebrata

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95% of chordates, actual backbone

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class agnatha

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gnathostomes- animals with no jaw, lamprey (parasitic - attach onto fish, eat blood), teeth in circle

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class chondrichthyes

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cartilaginous fish (leather), sting ray, sharks, skates

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class osteichthyes

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bony fish

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class amphibia

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frogs, salamanders, “both” - water and land in life cycle (larval stage- water and adult stage- land, lay eggs in water)

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class reptilia

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amniotic egg (our fetus surrounded by amniotic fluid)

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class aves

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birds, endothermic

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class mammalia

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humans, dogs, cats, bears, 2 characteristics: hair/fur and milk for young

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endoskeleton

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protects organs

  • axial skeleton (skull, ribs, backbone)
  • appendicular skeleton (arms, legs, girdles)
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pectoral girdle and pelvic girdle

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  1. arms, chest muscles, animals: front legs

2. hips, legs, hind legs

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vertebrate circulation

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closed system with ventral heart

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arteries, veins, capillaries

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  1. away from heart
  2. thin, diffusion, gas exchange (wastes picked up, O2 dropped off)
  3. towards heart
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vertebrate nutrition

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carnivores- meat, sharp teeth, sharp claws, wolves
herbivores- plant material (flat, huge molars), beavers
omnivores- both

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3 methods of vertebrate reproduction

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viviparous- birth to live young (mammals), longer time of pregnancy, fewer young
oviparous-egg (spawning), fish, birds, frogs
ovoviviparous- young form in egg, hatch inside mothers’ body, born alive (sharks)

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craniates

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animals with skull

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chromatophores

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pigment cells in fish’s (camouflage) and communication (coloration for mating season)

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countershading

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top- darker (blend in with ocean floor)
bottom- lighter (looking up into sun)
help hunting (sharks)
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lateral line

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extra sensory system (series of canals - jelly - to detect changes in pressure and current) important in schooling fish (feeling when others change paths, perfect sync)

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dorsal fin

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comes when stressed, down when swimming

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gills

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thin walled, O2 diffuse from water
mouth, gills, out
lots of capillaries

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olfactory lobe

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sense of smell, important in murky lakes, not as important in caribbean

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operculum

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covers and protects gills, pushes water over gills, improves O2 absorption

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spawning

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release gametes into water (need to be in group at right time and place) cycle of moon

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osmoregulation

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maintaining a salt and water balance
salt water fish: more solutes in water, trying to hold onto water because it wants to diffuse out (poop extra salt and don’t pee often), gills also pull salt out of the water and develop salt crystals that eventually fall off
fresh water fish: higher solute concentration inside the fish so water wants to diffuse in, pee a lot, hold onto salt

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amphibians and metamorphosis

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frogs, salamanders, and caecilians, primary changes: development of lungs, lose gills, loss tail, grow 4 legs

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gelatinous eggs and amplexus

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male climbs on top of female and squeezes eggs out, lay sperm on top

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4 means of respiration

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  1. gills- larval stage
  2. lungs- adults (small because other ways of O2 absorption)
  3. moist skin- vascularized, capillaries on underside of skin, gas exchange
  4. mouth- same
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estivation and hibernation

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  1. buried in cool mud on hot days to get cool for a few hours
  2. buried into mud, deep enough that it doesn’t freeze, warm, metabolic rates slow down, use fat bodies as food
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nictitating membrane

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covers/protects eye

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vomerine and maxilary teeth

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holding and swallowing prey

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glottis

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opening to lungs

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gullet

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opening to esophagus

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eustacian tube

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inner ear that leads to tympanic membrane

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tympanic membrane

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outer ear

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What is the name of the membrane that holds the coils of the small intestine together?

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mesentery

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differences between chondrichthyes and Osteichthyes

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  1. gill slits, no operculum, sharks - side, rays - bottom
  2. multiple rows of teeth (only sharks), always replacing one another
  3. no swim bladder, 3-lobed, oily liver
  4. electroreceptors- (Ampullae of Lorenzini), head and snout, electrical impulses of any fish who is swimming
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class reptile (long)

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  1. ectothermic
  2. scales - dry, leathery, have to molt as reptile grows except crocs and gators, reduce friction
  3. sensory abilities- snakes (forked tongue - attract scent molecules and when it goes back in, it hits sensors on roof of mouth and trigger reaction to brain
  4. oviparous repro
  5. venomous snakes- poison glands, pressure on fang will trigger this, milking snakes for their venom helps create antibodies
  6. amniotic egg- contains amniotic fluid within amniotic egg
  7. feeding methods- constriction and venom (unique jaws - quadrate bone and elastic ligaments)
  8. claws- climb and capture prey (iguanas)
  9. all have lungs with alveoli (gas exchange in capillaries), increased SA, branches
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class aves (flight adaptions)

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  • light weight, streamline bodies, aerodynamic
  • strong wings: keel (where pectoral muscles connect) and wishbone (attachment for additional flight muscles)
  • lots of energy
  • hollow bones
  • high metabolic rates (air sacs for increases respiratory rates)
  • oviparous (lay eggs in nest so that she doesn’t have to fly with babies)
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feathers

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wing (canture) feathers

  • down (layer of feathers beside the body to keep warm, endothermic), can stay completely dry in water
  • preening- brushing feathers, pressure triggers oil glands which helps to waterproof the ducks
  • ploom feathers- colorful, to attract mates (females = plain because want to avoid predators when having babies)
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class aves (digestion)

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esophagus, crop (storage), proventriculus, gizzard (grinding with swallowed stones), small intestine (duodenum), cecum/rectum

  • no large intestine because of weight
  • food goes through quickly
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class aves (respiration)

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lungs and 6 air sacs

inhales: O2 both full
exhales: air moves out of lungs and air leaves air sacs and is absorbed in lungs
- increases lightweight capacity to fly higher

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class aves (excretion)

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kidney and ureter, no bladder (extra weight that’s not needed), do not produce much water

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