WILD 3580 1st Edition Lecture 1 Outline of Last Lecture I Syllabus Outline of Current Lecture I Introduction to the Natural History of Vertebrates II Kingdoms III 3 Subphyla IV Cranium Current Lecture I II Introduction to the Natural History of Vertebrates a Vertebrate Natural History behavior and function of organisms in their natural environment Kingdoms a Monera bacteria and cyanobateria i No nuclear membrane ii Unicellular b Protista protists i Mostly unicellular ii Have nuclear membrane c Plantae plants i Multicellular ii Cell walls iii Chlorophyll d Fungi fungus i Mostly multicellular ii Cell walls iii Lack chlorophyll e Animalia animals i Multicellular ii Without cell walls 1 Phylum Chordata chordates These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a Dorsal hollow nerve tube b Notochord support beneath spinal cord Mostly in embryonic stage c Pharyngeal slits in the throat wall to breath or filter feed d Postural tail III IV 3 Subphyla a Urochordata i Tunicates or sea squirts b Cephalochordata i Lancelets or amphioxus c Vertebrata i Chordates with a backbone 1 Vertebral column vertebrae distinct 2 Persistent notochord no distinct vertebrae Cranium a braincase of bone or cartilage i Living vertebrates 57 000 in the world ii Fish 28 000 iii Amphibians 5 500 iv Reptiles 7 300 v Birds 10 000 vi Mammals 5 400
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