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Zoology Exam 4
Arthropods, Echinoderms, Chordates, Fishes
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
04/07/2011

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Term
What characterists distinguish chordates from other phyla?
Definition
notochord
pharyngeal slits or pouches
dorsal tubular nerve cord
postanal tail
endostyle or thyroid gland
Term
Do chordates always maintain their 5 unique characteristics?
Definition
not necessarily
Term
Do chordates always maintain their 5 unique characteristics?
2 examples
Definition
not necessarily
-sea squirts only maintain as LARVAE
-Lancelets maintain throughout life cycles
Term
in Craniata the skull surrounds the
Definition
brain
olfactory organs
eyes
inner ear
Term
The vertebrae surrounds the ______ and provides primary _______ support.
Definition
nerve cord; axial
Term
3 types of jawless fish. 1 is extint
Definition
Ostracoderms (extinct)
hagfish
Lampreys
Term
Jawed fish (2 classes)
Definition
Class Chondrichthyes
Class Osteichthyes
Term
Class Myxini
Definition
Hagfishes
Term
skull of hagfish
Definition
cartilaginous bars
Term
Hagfish are _____ _______
Definition
marine; scavengers
Term
What fish prodcues slime?
Definition
hagfish
Term
Class Petromyzontida
Definition
Lampreys
Term
the word root "aspidos" means ______.
Definition
shield
Term
Lampreys come from _____ & _____.
Definition
marine and freshwater
Term
lampreys as larvae are _________ and as adults they are _______
Definition
filter feeders; predators
Term
Class Chondrichthyes
Definition
sharks, skates, rays, ratfishes
Term
Class Osteichthyes
Definition
bony fishes
Term
catilaginous and bony fishs are successfull because of their:
Definition
hinged jaw & paired appendages
Term
Sharks are _______ _______ with a ________
Definition
marine; carnivore/scavegers; cartilaginous endoskeleton
Term
Why are sharks successful predators
Definition
light weight; heterocercal tail; efficient respiration (push or pump water across gills); placoid scales modified into teeth, spines & stings; effiecient sensory systems; long lived
Term
Class Chondrichthyes reproduction
Definition
oviparous (eggs), ovoviviparous (dev. in uterus), viviparous
Term
difference betwn ray-finned fishes and lobe-finned fishes
Definition
ray= with swim bladders
lobe= ancestors with lungs and gills
Term
Are lungfish the ancestors of terrestiral vertebrates?
Definition
No
Term
lungfish have___ as well as ____
Definition
gills; lungs
Term
lobe-finned fish movement: (3 things)
requires _____ energy than running
Definition
streamlines shape
mucoid secretions
fins & muscles (MYOMERES);
LESS
Term
Buoyancy regulation
ex for shark
Definition
low density compounds (skarks= liver)
fins
less dense tissues and bones
swim bladder
Term
what has ____ of the oxygen present in air
Definition
2.5%
Term
FISH gas exchange
Definition
ram ventilation
Term
T or F
fish drink
Definition
F
Term
Osmoregulation for fish in freshwater and marine water; which drink?; what type of urine?
Definition
freshwater: water gain, ion loss; don't drink; dilute pee
marine: water loss (hypo), ion gain; drink; concentrated pee
Term
catadromous
def & example
Definition
spend most of life in freshwater but go to sea to spawn;
EEL
Term
anadromous
def & example
Definition
adult lives at sea, freshwater to spawn
SALMON
Term
fishes circ system
Definition
closed
Term
fish are _____ (D or M)
Definition
Dioecious
Term
Myriapoda are all ____________. The habits are different than other arthopods because they now have _______ and _______. Their exoskeleton is better for _______ & _______. Now they can _______
Definition
terrestrial
plentiful resourcse & little competition
support & water conserving
fly
Term
Myriapoda have ___ tagmata
called the _______ & _______
Definition
2
head and trunk
Term
Phylum Arthropoda
Subclass Myriapoda
Class Diplopoda
Definition
Millipedes
Term
Millipedes have __ pairs legs per segment
Centipedes have __ pairs legs per segment
both are _______
Definition
2;1
dioecious
Term
Millipedes have _______.
feeding:
Definition
rep glands
burrowers & detritivores
Term
Phylum Arthropoda
Subclass Myriapoda
Class Chilopoda
Definition
Centipedes
Term
Centipedes have a _______.
feeding
rep habits
Definition
poision claw
predators
courtship displays
Term
Centipede male or female produce sillk net
Definition
females
Term
Crustacean characteristics: how many tagmata?
Definition
2
Term
Subphylum Hexapoda contains:
Definition
Class Insecta
Term
Crustaceans have no _______ in their stomach
Definition
cilia
Term
Crustaceans have _______ to respirate and have a _______ circ. system
Definition
gills
open
Term
All crustaceans except barnacles are _______
Definition
dioecious
Term
Class Branchiopoda example
Definition
shrimp
Term
Class Maxillopoda examples:
Definition
ostracods, copepods, barnacles
Term
Largest class of Crustaceans:
examples of this class
not all are _______
Definition
Malacostraca; crabs, lobsters
aquatic
Term
Insects have _______ legs and _______ tagmata
Definition
6;3
Term
The most successful land animals
Definition
insects
Term
insects feeding type
Definition
all
Term
insects circ. system
Definition
open
Term
insects chemical communication
Definition
pheromones
Term
Echinoderms are all _______.
Definition
marine
Term
Echinoderms exoskeleton is composed of
Definition
ossicles
Term
Echinoderms symmetry
Definition
pentaradial
Term
5 characteristics of echinoderms
Definition
calcareous exoskeleton, water-vascular system, pedicellariae, dermal branchiae, pent. sym
Term
the root "echinos" means
Definition
spiny
Term
Class Asteroidea example
_______ downward
adult sym is _______, larvae sym is _______
Definition
sea star
mouth
pentaradial; bilateral
Term
When members of class Asteroidea move, contractino of muscles in a an _______ forces fluid into the tube foot extending it
Definition
ampulla
Term
Concerning water-vascular system of echinoderms.
It is _______ to Phylum Echinodermata. It provides _______ power. It's primary function is _______ & _______. It is a modification of the _______.
Definition
unique; hydraulic;food gathering & locomotion; coelom
Term
the madreporite is on the _______ surface (oral or aboral)
Definition
aboral
Term
Sea star reproduction
Definition
dioecious
Term
Class Ophiuroidea
Definition
Sea Stars
Term
Examples of Class Echinoidea
Definition
Sea Urchins
Term
sea urchins chewing mechanism
Definition
aristotle's lantern
Term
Examples of Class Holothururoidea
Definition
sea cucumbers
Term
modified tube feet located around the mouth of some members of the class holothuroidea. They are used in feeding.
Definition
tentacles
Term
members of Phylum Echinodermata are _______ & _______
Definition
triploblastic & coelmate
Term
What happens to sea cucumbers during during evisceration?
Definition
expulsion of digestive tract
Term
hemichordata have a _______ circ. system.
symmetry
Definition
open circ. system
bilateral
Term
Class Enteropnuesta
Definition
acorn or tongue worms
Term
unique characteristics to Phylum characteristics
Definition
notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharyngeal slits or pounches, endostyle/thyroid gland, postanal tail
Term
the notochord allows for _______
Definition
lateral bending
Term
notocord evolves into _______ or _______
Definition
cartilage;bone
Term
chordate succes comes from the _______ characteristic bc at the top there is a _______
Definition
dorsal hollow nerve cord; brain
Term
paryyngeal slits are mainly _______ and are used for _______/_______
Definition
embryonic; filter feeding/gas exchange
Term
the endostyle secretes _______
the thyroid glad secretes _______
Definition
mucus
endocrine
Term
Subphylum Urochordata
Definition
tunicates or sea squirts
Term
members of subphylum Urochordata are surrounded by a
Definition
tunic
Term
Urochordata have _______ and _______ siphons that are used in feeding and reproduction. Also used in feeding are the _______, _______, & _______
Definition
incurrent & excurrent.
stomach, endostyle, & stolon
Term
in Urochordata (tunicates & sea squirts) the _______ does not extend to the head region
Definition
notochord
Term
Subphylum Cephalochordata
Definition
Lancelets
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