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lab practical
shark anatomy for lab practical
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
07/25/2012

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Term
endoskeleton
Definition
skeleton that provides support and protection for the body
Term
axial skeleton
Definition
skull, vertebral column, and rib cage
Term

skull

or

chondocranium

Definition

made of two parts:

neurocranium and splanchnocranium

Term
neurocranium
Definition

anterior and most dorsal part of skull

 

  1. rostrum
  2. orbits
  3. otic capsules
  4. formina
  5. notochord
  6. occipital region
Term
splanchnocranium
Definition
posterior and ventral part of skull
Term
visceral arches
Definition
arches supporting mouth and gills
Term
mandibular arch
Definition
visceral arch; made up of the upper and lower jaws
Term
hyoid arch
Definition
arch right behind the mandibular arch, provides support to the jaw
Term
gill arches
Definition
last 5 visceral arches, support the gill elements
Term
trunk vertebrae
Definition

center- centrum

neural arch

transverse properties

Term
tail vertebrae
Definition

centrum

neural arch

hemal arch

Term
apendicular skeleton
Definition
pectorl and pelvic fins and respected girdles
Term
pectoral girdle
Definition
corachoid bar
Term
pectoral fins
Definition

basal cartiledges: propterygium, mesopterygium, and metapterygium

radial cartiledges

ceratotrichia

Term
pelvic girdle
Definition
pubioschiac bar and iliac process
Term
pelvic fins
Definition

basals: propterygium and metapterygium

radial cartiledge

ceratotrichia

Term
skeletal muscles
Definition
voluntary muscles, attached to skeleton, antagonistic pairs
Term
myomeres
Definition
"W" shaped muscle bundles
Term
myospeta
Definition
connective tissues between myomeres
Term
horizontal septum
Definition
seperates the epaxial and hypaxial muscles
Term
muscles of the branchial and head region
Definition

superficial

levetators

interarcuals

Term
superficial constrictors
Definition

involved in constricting the gill muscles and compresing the gill pouches

 

 

adductor mandibulae

Term
adductor mandibulae
Definition
large muscle mass located at jaw angles
Term
third to sixth constrictors
Definition
controll the gills
Term
levators
Definition
raise jaw and 5 gill slits
Term
cucullaris
Definition

third to sixth levators

levator for the gills

Term
interarcuals
Definition
act upon the gill cartiledges
Term
hypobranchial muscles
Definition
muscles located between pectoral girdle and meckels cartiledge
Term
common coracoarcuals
Definition
paired muscles that lie anterior to the pectoral girdle
Term
coramandibular
Definition
muscle lying mid-ventral between the two coracohyiods
Term
flexor
Definition
move fin ventral and forward
Term
extensor
Definition
move fin dorsal and back
Term
dorsal fin muscle
Definition
radial muscles
Term
pleuroperitoneal cavity
Definition
body cavity containg visceral organs
Term
liver
Definition

largest organ

right, median, and left lobe

gall bladder connected to median lobe and has the common bile duct to the duodenum

Term
esophagus
Definition
thick muscular tube connecting pharynx to stomach
Term
stomach
Definition

j shaped

ruggae to increase surface area

cardiac region

main body

duodenal end

pyloric sphincter passes food out

Term
duodenum
Definition

first part of intestine

bile from gall bladder emptied here

Term
pancreas
Definition

white portion on duodenum

aids in digestion

Term
spleen
Definition

dark triangular shape

location of blood production

 

Term
spiral valve intestine
Definition
large intestine after doudenum
Term
digitiform gland
Definition

end of intestine

aids in salt concentration and excretion

Term
cloaca
Definition
urogenital opening
Term
abdominal pores
Definition

lateral and anterior to cloaca

no known function

Term
respiration
Definition
oxygen being taken out of the water
Term
pharynx
Definition
end of mouth before esophagus
Term
spiracles
Definition
openings in anterior roofof pharynx, can bring in water for respiration
Term
gills
Definition
site of oxygen intake
Term
demibranch
Definition
gill lamellae on one side
Term
holobranch
Definition
complete gill
Term
psuedobranchs
Definition
false gills around spiracles
Term
pericardial cavity
Definition
upper portion of body cavity
Term
pericardium
Definition
membrane lining inner walls of pericardial cavity
Term
heart
Definition

sinus venosus

atrium

ventricle

conus anteriosus

Term
ventral aorta
Definition

move deoxygenated blood

starts from conus anteriosus

Term
afferent branchial arteries
Definition
run deoxygentated  blood into gills
Term
efferent branchial arteries
Definition
carry oxygenated blood away from gills and turns into dorsal aorta
Term
dorsal aorta
Definition
carries oxygenated blood to the body
Term
subclavian artery
Definition
supplies blood to pectoral fins and body musculature
Term
celiac artery
Definition
branches running blood to the organs
Term
anterior mesenteric artery
Definition
supplies left side of spiral valve
Term
lienogastric artery
Definition
supplies blood to pancreas, spleen, and stomach
Term
posterior mesenteric artery
Definition
supplies blood to the digitiform gland
Term
renal arteries
Definition
blood to kidneys
Term
iliac arteries
Definition
blood to the pelvic fins and cloaca
Term
caudal artery
Definition
blood to the end of the tail
Term
hepatic portal system
Definition
blood from digestion organs to liver to heart
Term
renal portal system
Definition
tail to the kidney
Term
systemic veins
Definition
kidneys to the heart
Term
kidneys
Definition
flattened in dorsal surface in shark
Term
archinephric duct
Definition
urinary ducts in females- difficult to see
Term
urinary papilla
Definition
fleshy projecting by the cloaca, exit point for urine in females
Term
ovaries
Definition
paired organs
Term
oviducts
Definition
elongated tube lying dorsally
Term
ostium
Definition
connects both oviducts
Term
nidamental gland
Definition

lump in the oviduct

secretes shells, egg cases, and stores sperm

Term
uterus
Definition
posterior half of oviduct
Term
female cloaca
Definition

urogentital opening- urodeum

rectal termination- coprodeum

Term
testes
Definition
paired repro organs in male
Term
ductus deferens
Definition

squiggle over the kidney

sperm passes through it towards the cloaca

Term
epididymis
Definition
upper portion of kidney
Term
leydigs organ
Definition
section of kidney under the epididymis
Term
seminal vesicle
Definition
posterior portion of ductus deferens, widens and straightens
Term
sperm sacs
Definition
holds sperm packets
Term
accessory urinary ducts
Definition
found along medial side of kidney, helps transport urine from kidney
Term
urogenital sinus
Definition
receptical for seminal vesicle and urinary ducts
Term
urogenital papilla
Definition
point of release for urine and sperm
Term
siphon sac
Definition
fills with water to aid in moving sperm into female
Term
clasper
Definition
male reproduction organ
Term
clasper tube
Definition
dorsal grove on clasper
Term
prosencephalon
Definition

forbrain:

telencephalon

diencephalon

Term
mesencephalon
Definition
midbrain- vision
Term
rhombencephalon
Definition

hindbrain:

metencephalon

myelencephalon

Term
telencephalon
Definition

olfaction

contains: olfactory bulbs, olfactory tract, cerebrum, olfactory lobes

Term
diencephalon
Definition

contains:

epithamlus

thalmus- relays sensory information

hypothalmus- regulate metabolism

Term
optic lobes
Definition

makes up mesencephalon

used for sight

Term
metencephalon
Definition

in rhombencephalon

is the cerebellum

Term
myelencephalon
Definition

in rhombencephalon

contains medulla oblongata

Term
olfaction nerve
Definition
runs into olfactory lobe- relays olfaction information
Term
optic nerve
Definition
runs from eye to optic lobe- relays vision information
Term
superficial ophthalmic nerve
Definition
supply ampullae of lorenzini and lateral line
Term
vagus nerve
Definition

starts at medulla oblongata

branches to several structures:

gills, pharynx, stomach, heart, intestine

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