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BIOLOGY
Chordates
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
08/30/2007

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CHORDATES CHARACTERISTICS
Definition
1. CNS : hollow tube containing a single continuous cavity 2. Clefts: in the wall of throat region, aka gill splits, utilized as food catching device 3. Notochord: a rod lying dorsal to the intestine, extending from the anterior to posterior end, serving as skeletal support Fish, man, frogs
Term
TUNICATES
Definition
Urochordates, with a chordate larval stage, and lacing a notochord as an adult
Term
CEPHALOCHORDATES
Definition
Superficially resmembe fishes but are more primitive in lacking paired fins, jaws, sens organs and brain
Term
VERTEBRATES
Definition
1. Open circulatory sytem
2. Internal skeleton of cartilage or bone, ears, and eyes developed from outgrowth of brain
Term
BIRD'S CHARACTERISITIC
Definition
1. Warm blooded
2. Fly
3. Internal fertilization
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MAMMAL'S CHARACTERISITIC
Definition
1. Hair
2. Mammal glands
3. Sweat glands
4. Differentiation of teeth into incisors, canines, premolars, and molars
Term
______ are presents in all chordate embryos but are not found in higher adult vertebrates
Definition
Gill Slits
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Subphylum Vertebrata is characterized by _____ or _____ vertebral column
Definition
Cartilaginous
Bony
Term
Vertebrates have a ____ circulatory system
Definition
closed
Term
Three different types of kidney found in vertebrates
Definition
1. Pronephros
2. Mesonephros
3. Metanephros
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