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Chapter 31 -Animals: Part II
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06/19/2011

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Characteristics of echinoderms?
Definition
-all saltwater aquatic organisms
-endoskeleton of spiny plates
-radial symmetry
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Name some echinoderms
Definition
-sea lilies
-sea cucumbers
-brittle stars
-sea urchins, sand dollars
-sea stars
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On the oral surface of a sea star, each arm has ________ surrounded by _____
Definition
On the oral surface of a sea star, each arm has AN AMBULACRAL GROOVE surrounded by TUBE FEET
Term
What are tube feet used for?
Definition
locomotion
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Each arm of a starfish contains _______ and _______
Definition
digestive glands and gonads
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What is the structure on starfish that keeps the body surface free of debris?
Definition
pedicellariae
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Describe how sea stars feed
Definition
-opens bivalve with its tube feet
-everts cardiac stomach through open shell and releases enzymes
Term
Do starfish have brains?
Definition
not a central one
Term
Describe how a starfish's water vascular system works
Definition
-locomotion by tube feet
-water enters through madreporite on aboral side
-madre porite leads into canals, and these lead into each arm
-water is pumped by tube feet
-suction is created by each small foot
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Asexual/sexual ways a starfish reproduces?
Definition
-a body fragment, if large enough, can regenerate an entire animal
-gonads produce gametes
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At some point in history, each chordate has what?
Definition
-notocord
-dorsal tubular nerve cord
-post-anal tail
-pharyngeal pouches
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Define: notocord
Definition
-dorsal rod for support
-replaced by spinal column in vertebrates
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Define: dorsal tubular nerve cord
Definition
-contains a canal filled with fluid
-protected by spinal column in vertebrates
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Define: pharyngeal pouch
Definition
-become gills in invertebrate chordates, fishes, and some amphibian larvae
-only present in embryonic development in most vertebrates
Term
Evolutionary tree of chordates?
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tunicate-->lancelet-->jawless fish-->cartilage fish-->bony fish-->amphibians-->reptiles-->birds-->mammals
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What is the fancy version of the evolutionary tree of chordates?
Definition
eurochordata->cephalochordata-->agnantha-->chondricthyes-->osteichthyes-->amphibia-->reptilia-->aves-->mammalia
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What do tunicates and lancelets have in common?
Definition
all invertebrate chordates
Term
What was the first fish to develop jaws?
Definition
cartilaginous
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Some early bony fish had ____
Definition
lungs
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What was the terrestrial adaption for reproduction concerning reptiles?
Definition
amniotic egg for development outside the body
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What was the terrestrial adaption for reproduction concerning mammals?
Definition
placenta, internal development
Term
What was the terrestrial adaption for reproduction concerning birds?
Definition
amniotic egg for development outside the body
Term
Define: tunicates
Definition
-sea squirts
-outer tunic, 2 siphons which can squirt water
-filter feeders
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Define: lancelet
Definition
-live in shallow coastal waters
-knife shaped bodies
Term
Describe vertebrates (6)
Definition
-had 4 chordate characteristics at some point in life
-living endoskeleton system of cartilage/bone
-closed circulatory system with pumping heart
-paired appendages
-efficient respiration and excretion of wastes
-high degree of cephalization
Term
What is the term for an animal that makes its own body heat?
Definition
endothermic
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Define: ectothermic
Definition
body temperature matches the environment
Term
How have fish adapted to life in water?
Definition
sperm and eggs released into water, fertilization external
Term
Name some jawless fish
Definition
-hagfish
-lampreys
Term
Which is a parasite/scavenger - hagfish/lampreys?
Definition
p - lampreys
s - hagfish
Term
Describe cartilaginous fish
Definition
-placoid scales
-lateral line system
Term
Types of bony fish?
Definition
ray-finned
lobe-finned
Term
Name some amphibians
Definition
salamanders
frogs
toads
newts
Term
Describe amphibians
Definition
-tetrapods
-jointed appendages
-ectothermic
-larger brain than in fish
-3 chambered heart
-metamorphic life cycle
Term
Name some reptiles
Definition
-turtles, tortoises, snakes, lizards
Term
Describe reptiles
Definition
-amniote egg covered with leathery shell
-3 chambered heart in some, true four
Term
how do snake tongues "taste the air"?
Definition
fork ends go in slits, brain reads the environment
Term
Feathers are really what?
Definition
modified scales
Term
What are the adaptions for flight?
Definition
-4 chambered heart for oxygen delivery
-endothermic -regulate body temp above ambient
-forelimbs modified for flight - wings
-navigational senses
Term
Define: cloaca
Definition
common urogenital opening
Term
What do mammals have to provide insulation?
Definition
hair
Term
What mammalian evolutionary trait allows care for young without having to leave them?
Definition
mammary glands
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Three groups of mammalians?
Definition
monotremes, marsupials, placentals
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Define: monotreme
Definition
-egg-laying mammals
-modified sweat glands, secrete milk onto body surface
Term
Exs of monotremes?
Definition
-duck-billed platypus
-spiny anteater
Term
Define: marsupial
Definition
-pouch animals
-begin development w/in female's body, born very immature and development is completed w/in a pouch
Term
exS of marsupials?
Definition
kangaroo
virginia opposum
Term
Constant internal body temperature has benefited placental mammals how?
Definition
allows optimum nerve and enzyme functions
Term
What's so great about placental mammal limbs?
Definition
allow for rapid movement
Term
Orders of placental mammals?
Definition
-chiroptera
-perissodactyla
-cetacea
Term
Define: chiroptera
Definition
bats, wings supported by digits for flight
Term
Define: perissodactyla
Definition
horses, long hoofed legs for speef
Term
Define: cetacea
Definition
whales, paddle-like forelimbs
Term
Suborders of primates
Definition
promisians, aNthropods
Term
Exs of promisians?
Definition
lemurs, tarsiers
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