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Chondrocranium and Visceral Skeleton
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Components of the skull that are composed of cartilage and or cartilage replacement bone.
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- Occipital
- Sphenoid - Ethmoid - Otic Centers |
Major centers of ossification with the chondrocranium
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Prechordal Cartilages
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During formation of the chondrocranium, the ethmoid plate is formed by the expansion and fusion of this
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The Splanchnocranium
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Refers to the skeletal elements associated with the Stomach and Intestine
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- Ear Bones (malleus, incus, and stapes)
- Hyoid Bone and the Laryngeal Cartilages |
The splanchnocranium in mammals (including humans) includes which two sets of elements?
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Mammals and some reptiles
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The secondary palate is found in?
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Stapes (which was first seen in amphibians)
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Of the three ear bones found in mammals, the first to appear during the evolution of tetrapods was the ________
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Synapsid Type Skull
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Noted for having a single temporal opening (fossa) on each side of the skull
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Temporal Fossae
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Likely evolved because it allowed for the expansion of muscles that operate the jaw.
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- Paleostyly
- Euautostyly - Amphistyly - Holostyly - Craniostyl |
These terms refer to different types of jaw suspensions and articulations with the skull proper
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- Meckel's Cartilage (posterior end)
- Articular bone - The Malleus |
Which skeletal elements are homologous to one another?
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- Fishes
- Snakes and Lizards - Birds |
Vertebrates that show a high degree of cranial kinesis
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Centrum of the Vertebra
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Forms around the notochord and partly or completely replaces it
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Odontid Processes
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Vertebrate processes found in tetrapods that function as points of articulation between vertebrae; and which, depending on their orientation, may allow side-to-side bending of the vertebral column while resisting vertical bending, or vice versa.
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Acelous
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Vertebrae that have a centrum that is flat on both ends (as supposed to being concave on one or both ends)
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Synsacrum
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In birds, the posterior thoracic, all of the lumbar sacral, and the anterior caudal vertebrae are fused together forming a structure
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Atlas
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In reptiles, birds, and mammals the first two cervical vertebrae are highly modified in a way that increases the rage of movement of the head. The first is called the?
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Holospondyly
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Vertebrae in which the centra and neural spines (arches) are anatomically fused into a single bone
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Urostyle
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A long bone formed by the fusion of caudal vertebrae of anurans
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Pelvic Girdle
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In tetrapods, it is braced against the vertebral column at the sacrum
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Has fewer individual bones and includes only a scapula and clavicle
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Relative to early tetrapods and ancestral bony fish, the pectoral girdle of mammals _________
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Were essentially present in the first tetrapods and in the non-tetrapod sarcopterygian ancestor from which they arose
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The basic arrangement and number of skeletal elements making up the stylopodium and zeugopodium of modern tetrapods __________
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Plantigrade Foot Posture
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The ancestral foot posture in mammals and the foot posture that is retained in primates, rodents and most other mammals that do not show distinct adaptation for fast running
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Epimysium
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The connective tissue layer that surrounds an entire muscle and which is continuous with the tendon of that
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Have a greater total cross sectional area of muscle fibers, and can generate greater force
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Pinnate muscles, relative to parallel muscles of similar size, insertion and origin, ________
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False
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True or False: A long muscle will move the element it is inserted on at a slower speed than a shorter muscle
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False
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True or False: Somatic muscles are derived from the splanchnic layer of the lateral plate mesoderm (hypomere)
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Paraxial Mesoderm
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The somites (epimers) along the trunk and the somitomeres of the head are part of the _________
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Branchiomeric Muscles
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Muscles which were derived from somitomeres and are associated with the pharyngeal arches and their derivatives
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- They develop from segmentally arranged myotomes (somites)
- They are divided by a horizontal septum into epaxial and hypaxial groups, although these groups may not be distinct in adults of some tetrapods" |
What is correct concerning the axial muscles of the trunk and tail?
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An adult frog or terrestrial salamander
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Which vertebrates are most likely to exhibit seizure and inertial feeding?
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Peritoneal Cavity
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A subdivision of the coelom in mammals, birds, and some reptiles that contains most of the digestive organs but not the lungs
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They are generally homodont
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What is true concerning the teeth of fishes?
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Terrestrial tetrapods
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Large multicellular oral glands that produce mucous and other secretions are common in?
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Crowns of teeth
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Composed of an outer layer of enamel covering an inner layer or dentin
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Thecodont
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Teeth that are attached to the jaw by being set in a socket
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Thecodont
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What type of teeth do mammals have?
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Bunodont
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Maliform teeth with low rounded cusps
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Herbivores
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High crown teeth the surface of which is worn off to leave ridges of enamel surrounded by somewhat less hard dentin and cementum are typical of _________
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Cats
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Give an example of a mammal that will have carnassial teeth
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"Rabbits have the following dental formula:
2-0-3-3 1-0-2-3 How many total incisors do they have in the lower jaw?" |
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Tetrapods
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True tongues (muscular structures capable of being independently moved) are found only in _________
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- Some amphibians have tongues attached at their anterior ends that flipped out to capture prey
- Woodpeckers have relatively long tongues that are supported and protruded by a hyoid apparatus that wraps around the back of a skull - Vertebrates that use their tongues to capture food generally do not use their tongue to swallow and manipulate food after it is captured" |
State 3 things that are true concerning the use of tongues in feeding
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Ceca
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Outpockets along the digestive tract
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Mucosa, submucosa, muscularis externa, serosa
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Name the major levels of the gut wall from the inner-most to the outer-most layers
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Visceral Peritoneum
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The outermost layer of the serosa is the same as this
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Crop
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A cecum located off the esophagus
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Birds
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A crop is typical of what vertebrate?
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Intestine
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Most of the enzymatic digestion and absorption of nutrients occur in this part of most vertebrates
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Herbivores and Seed Eaters
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Two or multiple chambered stomachs in vertebrates are typically found in?
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Gizzards
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Highly muscular chamber of the two chambered stomach of some birds
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A simple stomach and an enlarged cecum off the start of the large intestine
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Hindgut fermenters typically have ________
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Pancreas
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Produces several digestive enzymes that are released into the intestine
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Liver
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Produces bule salts which emulsify fats and is released into the small intestine
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Spiral Valve
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Typical of the intestine of sharks and some bony fishes, but not a teleost
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External Respiration
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The exchange of respiratory gasses between an organism and its environment
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Amphibians
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The skin including the lining of the mouth is the only means of gas exchange in some ________
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Ventral aorta to the afferent branchial arteries to the capillaries of gills to the efferent branchial arteries to the dorsal aorta
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Blood supply from the gills of fish flows from the _________
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Some bony fishes, most amphibians, all reptiles birds, and mammals
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Lungs which function as respiratory organs occur in?
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Drawing water into the oropharyngeal cavity by lowering the floor of the cavity; and then forcing water across the gills and out the external gill slits or operculum chamber by raising the floor of the cavity
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Most fishes ventilate their gills by the _________
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- It increases the efficiency of oxygen uptake by maintaining a concentration gradient for oxygen between the blood and water.
- As blood takes up oxygen from the water it runs towards water that has higher and higher oxygen concentration - As water loses oxygen to the blood it moves toward blood that has lower and lower oxygen concentration |
What is correct concerning the counter current flow mechanism in the gills of fish?
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- The develop in the same general manner as lungs, but in some teleosts lose their connection with the anterior end of the gut tube during development
- They function as swim bladders to help maintain buoyancy - The function in aerial respiration in some fishes - They function as a hearing organ or a means of vocalization in some fish |
What is correct concerning the pneumatic sacs of bony fishes?
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Lung
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An evagination (out pocket) along the ventral side of the pharyngeal region of the gut tube
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Diaphragm
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A muscle that functions in breathing is found only in mammals
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Amphibians
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Positive pressure ventilation of the lungs occurs only in _______
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False
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True or False: The ventilation of the lungs of birds can be viewed as being much less efficient than the ventilation of the lungs of mammals, because in birds there is an extensive mixing of incoming fresh air and outgoing air low in oxygen during each ventilation cycle
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Alveoli
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Gas exchange in the lungs of mammals occurs between blood in the capillaries and air in the _________
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False
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True or False: The lungs of mammals and the lungs of amphibians are essentially the same, both being composed of millions of tiny air sacs termed alveoli
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Mammals except Humans
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Parabronchi and air sacs are typical of the lungs of _________
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