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biology chp 34
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| describe a chordate | bilaterian belonging to the clade deuterostoma at some point during development have a notochord a dorsal hollow nerve cord pharyngeal slits or clefs and a muscular post anal tail |
| what is a notochord | longitudinal flexable rod that funs along the dorsal axis of an animals body |
| what are pharyngeal clefts | slits that allow water entering the mouth to exit without passing through the entire digestive tube |
| somites | blocks of mesoderm sound along each side of the notochord in all chordate embryos (develops muscle segments in lancelets) |
| neural crest | a band of cells along the border where the neural tube pinches off from the ectoderm these cells migrate out to form various structures |
| lateral line system | a row of microscopic organs sensitive to vibrations in the surrounding water |
| chondrichthyans | cartilagenous fish |
| oviparous | lay eggs that hatch outside the mothers body |
| ovoviviparous | retain the fertilized eggs within the oviduct |
| viviparous | young develop wihtin the uterus |
| extraembryonic membrane | specialized memcrane that protects the embryo |
| ectothermic | organisms that do not produce enough heat thorugh metabolism to have much effect on body temperature |
| endothermic | organisms capable of keeping the body warm through metabolism |
| what phylum is vertebrata a subphylum of | cordata and belong to the clade of deuterostomia |
| cindy cuts vegatative greens tuesday and monday howard | cordates crinates are cordates with a head vertibrates are crin with a backdone gnathastomes are vertib with a jaw tetrapods are gnath with limbs and feet amnitotes are tetra that have a terestialy adapted egg mamals are amnitotes with hair and milk human |
| chordate | have a notocord a dorsal hollow nerve cord and are bilaterian |
| human | bipedal hominoids with a large brain |