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The portion of the aorta above the pharynx that merges at the level of the liver is called the ________.
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Paired dorsal aorta
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Paired vessels unite at the level of the liver to form this blood vessel which supplies blood to the posterior part of the body.
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Dorsal aorta
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This vessel eventually becomes the caudal artery.
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Dorsal aorta
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The vessels branching off the ventral aorta are called _______.
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Aortic arches
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The vessel leaving the conus arteriosus are called ________.
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Ventral aorta
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These vessels sprout from the anterior end of the dorsal aorta and supply blood to the brain.
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Internal carotids
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These vessles sprout anteriorly from the ventral aorta and supply blood to the ventral region of the brain.
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External carotids
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This vessel carries deoxygenated blood from the right ventricle of the heart to the lungs.
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Pulmonary artery
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This vessle carries oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart.
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Pulmonary vein
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This vessel connects the pulmonary artery to the dorsal aorta.
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Ductus arteriosus
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These vessels include the base of the aortic arch, the aortic arch itself and the arched section of the dorsal aorta.
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Systemic arches (IV)
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These vessels are derived from anterior extensions of the caudal vein.
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Subintestinal veins
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This vessel carries blood from the intestine to the liver.
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Hepatic portal vein
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This vessel is the main route of blood from the tail, pelvic appendages, and kidney in lungfishes and tetrapods.
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Postcava
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This system transports blood returning from capillary beds within the tail or hindlimbs through the kidneys to the cardinal system.
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Renal portal system
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This vessel empties into capillary beds within the kidneys.
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Renal Portal Vein
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This vessel is the major vein that receives blood returning from the posterior and anterior cardinal veins.
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Common cardinal vein
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This vessels drains the anterior portion of the body, head and neck
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Anterior cardinal vein
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This vessel drains the posterior portion of the body.
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Posterior cardinal vein
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This set of veins arise from the ventral side of kidneys, drains and runs forward, and empties into posterior cardinals.
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Subcardinal vein
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Veins from the lateral body wall and posterior appendages empties into the common cardinal vein via the ________ __________ _______.
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Lateral abdominal vein
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In amphibians, the left and right lateral abdominal veins empty into this single median vein which runs along the floor of the body coelom.
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Ventral abdominal vein
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This vein drains the head of fishes and joings the common cardinal vein.
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Inferior Jugular Vein
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This vein is derived from the anterior cardinal vein and drains the blood from the head. Its origin is in amphibians.
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Internal jugular vein
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This vein drains the blood from the head and lies outside the internal jugular vein.
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External jugular vein
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This part of the kidney consists of the glomerulus, renal capsule, and collecting tubule.
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Nephron
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This is derived from mesoderm and consists of nephrotomes and nephric ridge.
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Mesomere
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The anterior segmented region of the mesomere is the _______.
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Nephrotomes
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The posterior not segmented region of the mesomere is the _____________.
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Nephric ridge
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This region of the kidney is a ball of capillaries with high pressure arterial vessels at both ends.
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Glomerulus
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This portion of the nephron collects filtrate.
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Renal capsule (Bowman's capsule)
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This portion of the nephron has regional differentiation and selective absorption and secretion occurs here.
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Renal tubule
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In mammals, this portion of the nephron contains the loop of henle.
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Renal tubule
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The nephon empties into this portion of the kidney.
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Collecting duct
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A kidney formed of nephric tubules arising in the anterior region of the nephric ridge is called a _____________.
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Pronephros
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This kidney usually forms only as a transient embyro structure.
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Pronephros
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This kidney if formed of nephric tubules arising in the middle of the nephric ridge.
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Mesonephos
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This kidney is usually a transient embryonic stage that replaces the pronophros.
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Mesonephros
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This kidney is formed of nephric tubules arising in the posterior region of the nephric ridge and drained by a ureter.
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Metanephros
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This kidney usually replaces the embyronic pronephros and mesonephros.
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Metanephros
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The proneohros gives rise to theis duct that induces development of posterior tubules.
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Pronephric duct
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This is the name of the adult kidney formed from the mesonephros and additional tubules from the posterior region of the nephric ridge.
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Opisthonephros
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This is the metanephric duct arising as a uteteric diverticulum and draining the metanephros.
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Ureter
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This type of gonads are indifferent in early developent.
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Indifferent gonad
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This area of the gonad is a looser array of cells adjacent to coelomic epithelium
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Cortex of indifferent gonad
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This area of the indifferent gonad arises from germinal epithelium and regresses in females and enlarges in males.
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Cortex of indifferent gland
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This region of the indifferent gonad has compact cells adjacent to the kidney.
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Medulla of indifferent gland
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This region of the indifferent gonad arises from the blastema and regresses in males and enlarges in females.
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Medulla of indifferent gland
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The female gonads are the ____.
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Ovaries
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The male gonads are the _____.
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Testis
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A _____ transmits waves of depolarization (action potentials). = information transfer
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Neuron
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This is the 'neural glue' that supports and electrically insulates neurons.
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Neuroglia
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A nerve fiber of a neuron that carries an impulse away from the cell body is called a ________.
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Axon
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A nerve fiber of a neuron that carries impulses toward the cell body is called a ______.
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Dendrite
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The region of contact between two neurons or between a neuron and an effector organ is called a _______.
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Synapse
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A neuron cell that has many projections from the cell body is called __________.
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Multipolar
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A neuron cell that has one axon segment projecting from the cell body is called _______.
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Unipolar
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A neuron cell that has two axon segments projecting from the cell body is called ________.
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Bipolar
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This pathway consists of sense organs in the skin, tendons of skeletal muscle, and skeletal muscle.
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Somatic information pathway
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This pathway consists of sense organs in walls of viscera such as strength receptors.
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Visceral information pathway
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This pathway carries information from parts of the body to the brain.
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Sensory (afferent) information pathway
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This pathway carries information from the brain to parts of the body.
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Motor (efferent) information pathway
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The nervous tissue composing the brain and the spinal cord.
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Central Nervous System
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The cranial and spinal nerves and their associated ganglia that are not part of the central nervous system are part of the _________.
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Peripheral Nervous System
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The vertebrate brain forms initially as three enlarfed areas which means it is a _________ brain.
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Tripartite brain
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The three parts of the tripartate brain are _______, ______, and ________.
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prosencephalon, mesencephalon, and rhombencephalon
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The elarged spaces in the brain are the _________ of the brain.
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Ventricles of the brain
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This part of the brain is surrounded by mesencephalon and midbrain and is the center for sensory input and motor info.
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Cerebral aqueduct
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This is the connective tissue membrane that is partly derived from the neural crest.
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Meninx
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This is a thin neural layer found in fishes
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Primary meninx
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This is a this neural layer founf in tetrapods other than mammals
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Secondary menimx
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This is dense connective tissue covering the brain.
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Dura mater
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These layers of the mammalian brain are derived from the spliting of the secondary meninx.
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arachnoid and pia mater
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This is the middle later of connective tissue covering the mammalian brain.
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Arachnoid
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Thus is the innermost layer of connective tissue covering the mammalian brain.
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pia mater
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This region of the tripartite brain divides into the telencephalon and the diencephalon.
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Prosencephalon
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This region of the tripartite brain is made up of the cerebellum, pons (in mammals), and medulla
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Rhomdencephalon
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This region of the prosencephalon receives sensory input from 'lower' brain centers, and integrate and initiates descending information.
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Telencephalon
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This portion of the telencephalon receives sensory input from lower brain sensors
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Cerebrum or cerebral hemispheres
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This part of the brain has two sides and surrounds lateral ventricles and includes olfactory bulbs.
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Cerebrum or cerebral hemispheres
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The __________ extends from prosencephalon to telencephalon and is subdivided into three regions.
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pallium
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