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Mammals
Mammals & Kin
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Biology
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12/04/2007

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Term

Monotremes are ________

 

Eutherians are _________

 

Marsupials are ___________

Definition

Monotremes are _protherians_______

 

Eutherians are ___placentals_____

 

Marsupials are ____metatherians_______

Term

 

Marsupial young are raised in....

Definition

 

The marsupium-they are born prematurely then climb into it to complete development.

Term

 

Platapus lay ___ eggs.

Definition

 

2!

She guards them until they hatch.

Term
How are monotremes like reptiles?
Definition

the platapus lays eggs like a reptile and also has a sprawled gait like one.

Term

 

 

How does a monotreme feed young.

Definition

 

 

"Perspires" milk from her chest into the fur of her abdomen.

Term

 

 

WHat hormone initiates labor contractions?

Where does the hormone come from?

Definition

 

 

Oxytocin comes from the fetus.

Term

 

 

Receptors for oxytocin produce _________ .

 

Definition

 

 

Prostoglandins causing more contractions.

Term

 

 

All embryos form _________ _______.

Definition

 

 

 

Undifferentiated Gonads

Term

 

The placenta does what?

Definition

 

Exchanges nutrients, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, and wastes between mom & fetus.

Term

 

 

What is TIP

Definition

 

 

Testis Inducer Protein

turns boys into men!

Term

 

 

What are the two pairs of rep. ducts?

Definition

 

 

Mullerian and wolffian.

Term

 

 

What does the mullerian duct become?

The wolfian?

Definition

 

Mullerian-fallopian tubes

Wolffian-vas deferens

 

Dont worry while one develops the other dissapears.

Term

 

 

The penis bone is called....

Definition

 

 

The baculum!

Term

 

Testosterone in a fetus changes....

Definition

 

 

The course of development for naughty bits. TIP turns you into a boy.

Term

 

 

Male platupuses use _______ _____ against their rivals.

Definition

 

 

Poisonous spurs

Term

 

What does a platypus have to sense where prey is?

Definition

 

 

Electroreceptors in the bill.

Term

 

 

 

What do platypuses have instead of teeth?

Definition

 

 

Rough plates to cush invertebrate prey

Term

 

 

Vibrissae are

Definition

 

 

Whiskers/Hair!

Term

 

 

How do seals use vibrissae?

Definition

 

 

Detect sounds.

Term

 

Name the forms hair takes on rhinos, armadillos, and porcupines.

Definition

 

In rhinos it forms horns

 

In armadillos and pangolians it forms scales for protection against the ants they eat.

 

In porcupines, echidnas, and hedgehogs, it forms quills.

Term

 

 

What are Echidnas convergent with?

What are their different food niches?

Definition

 

 

Porcupines and Hedgehogs.

Echidnas eat ants, hedgehogs eat bugs, prcupines eat trees.

Term
What glands gave rise to mammary glands?
Definition

Sebaceous glands.

 

Oils produced from them keep skin and hair healthy.

Term
Whats interesting about the sebaceous glands in monotremes?
Definition

Their abdomen also contains proteins and sugars so they "sweat" milk in their abdominal fur.

 

(milk is released through pores in the skin)

Term
What stimulates milk production?
Definition
Prolactin
Term
Why do men have nipples?
Definition

We all have the same 22 trait coders with at least 1 X chrom. So everyone gets traits for arm muscles, facial hair, pelvises, & nipples.

 

Men can lactate too!

Term

 

 

One out of every 200 people are born with ________ ________.

Definition

Supernmery Nipples!

Meaning they have more than one pair. They are underdeveloped and look like a freckle or mole. 

Term

Most mammals have how many vertebrae?

What are the exceptions?

Definition

seven

 

sloths have more than seven and can turn heads 180 degrees

 

whales have fused vertebrae, their necks dont bend.

Term
Name the two cervical vertebrae that support the head.  What sits on what else?
Definition

Atlas sits on top of the

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