Comparative Anatomy: Chapter 6,7,8

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Allow stuff to move and things hangs off.

Pectoral girdle

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____ brace fins and limbs against counter forces.

Girdles

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Girdles are braced against one or more components of the _____ for stability.

Axial

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The forces exerted on the girdles and appendages are greatest in ____ vertebrates

Terrestrial

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Pelvic girdles holds ______

Legs

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What are the parts of pelvic girdle

ilium, ischium, and pubis

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What are the bones makes of pectoral girdle?

Clavicle, coracoid, scapula

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some vertebrates only have ___ limbs

Front

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_____ limbs arise during embryogenesis as paired limb buds

Tetrapods

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______ are made through an evolutionary process to increase chances of survival of individual due to environmental stress.

Adaptation

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____ have a pectoral girdle attached to the skull.

Fish

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____ have a separate pectoral girdle and skull.

Tetrapod

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Birds have adaptation for ____

Flight wings

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____ have adaptation to survive on land and in the water by developing flippers.

Oceanic mammals

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____ have a pectoral girdle inside the rib cage.

Turtles

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limbs provide leverage for _____ on land.

Locomotion

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Wrist, ankle and digits are resting on the ground.  Ex: bears, primates, marsupials. what type of adaptation is this?

Plantigrade

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Weight is placed on digital arches with wrist and ankle elevated.

Digitigrade.

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.  They can run faster and walk silently with more agility. What type of adaptation is this?

Digitigrade

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What is the example of digitigrade?

Dog and cat

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In what type of adaptation wrists and ankles are elevated off the ground. 

Unguligrade

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There is a reduced number of digits. Thick hooves developed

Unguligrade

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What is an example of Unguligrade?

Deer

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What are the bone of forelimb.

  • Humerus

  • Radius

  • Ulna

  • Carpus

  • Metacarpus

  • Phalanges

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What are the bones of hindlimb?

  • Femur

    Tibia

    Fibula

    Tarsus

    Metatarsus

    Phalanges

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The pectoral girdle is a skeletal complex in ____

The body wall

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pectoral girdle supports the ____

Pectoral fin

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Pectoral girls is made up of?

Cartilage (mainly), cartilage replacement bone, dermal bones derived from bony plates.

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In modern fishes, the _____ has become the major bone of the pectoral girdle.

Cleithrum

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There no ____ in pectoral idle of a fish.

Clavicle

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The cleithrum is attached tot he skull and supports the _____ and the ____ bones

Supracleithrum and post temporal

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_____ is the largest dermal bone of the pectoral girdle which has the muscular attachment.

Cleithrum

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there are no _____ in pelvic girdle.

Dermal components

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____ skeletal elements that support the pelvic girdle fin are embedded in the musculature of the trunk.

Endochondral

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______ plates are the support structures and meet at the pelvic symphysis.

Ischiopubic

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____ is used for steering.

Caudal fin

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Fins are there to prevent the body from ____

Pitching and rolling

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Fins can break ____

Forward motion

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Fins can cause forward ____

Propulsion

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_____ attach the fin to the pectoral girdle

Basal pterygiophores

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_____ is modified to be stable for flight.

pectoral girdle

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Which bones supports the wings?

Coracoid and clavicle

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_____ articulates with the humerus and is attached to the rib cage.

Scapula

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____ is formed by the ventral fusion of the left and right clavicles.

Furcula (wish-bone)

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____ has a large keel for the attachment of flight muscles.

Sternum

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What ar the bones that are fused with multiple vertebrae forming a synsacrum in pelvic girdle of a bird.

allium, ischium, pubis are all fused

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What are the bones of forelimbs?

  • Humerus

  • Radius

  • Ulna

  • Carpus

  • Phalanges

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____ are greatly reduced in size.

Femur and fibula

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______ connects the femur with the fused tibia and tarsal bones.

Tibiotarsus

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___is fused in hindlimb

Tarsometatursus

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pectoral girdle of the pig do not have which structure?

No clavicle

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____ is the large, flat bone with a spine and coracoid processes in pig?

Scapula

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What are the bones of forelimbs in pig?

  • humorous

  • Radius

  • Ulna

  • Carpus

  • Metacarpus

  • Digits

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What are the bones of hemipelvis that have three bones in pig?

allium, ischium, pubis.

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______ of the hip joint is formed by the pelvis in pig?

Acetabulum

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Tuber coaxae (hook bone) comes in?

Ilium

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____ forms the floor of the pelvic cavity?

Ischium and pubis

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what type of bone does ischium and pubis have?

Ischial tuber (pin bone)

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what are the bones of hindlimb in pid of tarsus?

talsus and calcaneus

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The connection between any of the skeleton’s rigid part is ___

joints

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What allows one surface to glide over another?

Synovial joint

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SJ requires the presence of _____ over each bone surface and ____ for lubrication.

articular cartilage, synovial fluid

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In SJ, the nerve fibers for the joint are located in the ______.

Joint capsule

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_____ of the synovial membrane secretes the joint fluid.

Inner layer

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The ___ layer of the joint capsule is fibrous and is attached the periosteum of each bone.

Outer

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The meniscus within the joint serves as _____

Cushioning

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The blood and nerve supply to the joint usually enter the bone near the _____.

Capsule attachment

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The _____ from a network around the cartilage and provide a source of nutrition to the articular cartilage.

capillaries

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______ is a major component of synovial fluid as well as a glycoprotein called _____.

Hyaluronic, lubricin

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T/F: During growth, articular cartilage is capable of  regeneration and repairs defects.

True

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T/F: Individual muscle fiber either contracts completely or not at all.

True

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What is the mechanism to eliminate excess heat.

Oanting or sweating

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Spasmodic muscle contractions that increase heat production.

Shivering

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