SHARK: APPENDICULAR SKELETON

Question 1

The appendicular skeleton of the dogfish contain

Answer 1

median fin cartilages, pectoral girdles, and their fins

Question 2

Each fin has as its framework a ______________ to which are radial cartilages that bear ceratotrichia

Answer 2

BASAL CARTILAGE

Question 3

Fibmal fin rays

Answer 3

CERATOTRICHIA

Question 4

Consists of the vertebrae whose hemal arches are elongated fin is also supported by ceratotrichia

Answer 4

CAUDAL FIN

Question 5

The ventral part of the pectoral girdle are the __________________, from which a scapular cartilage tends dorsally on each side

Answer 5

CORACOIDS BAR

Question 6

The latter with the skeleton of the pectoral fin at the surface and has a medially projecting ______ attached to its free end.

Answer 6

SUPRASCAPULAR CARTILAGE

Question 7

The skeleton of the pectoral fin consists of three ______________

Answer 7

BASAL CARTILAGES

Question 8

the smallest and outermost cartilage of the pectoral fin

Answer 8

PROPTERYGIUM

Question 9

adjacent to the propterygium is a wide triangular cartilage

Answer 9

MESOPTERYGIUM

Question 10

Innermost cartilage of the pectoral fin

Answer 10

METAPTERYGIUM

Question 11

Arranged in rows, articulate with the basals

Answer 11

SMALL RADIAL CARTILAGE

Question 12

Distal to the radials are ____________ that provide additional support to the fin

Answer 12

CERATOTRICHIA

Question 13

The basal and radial cartilages are collectively known as

Answer 13

PTERYGIOPHORES

Question 14

The pelvic girdle consists of a transverse __________________ from the end of which a short iliac process extends dorsally.

Answer 14

ISCHIOPUBIC

Question 15

The pelvic fin has how many basal cartilage/s?

Answer 15

TWO

Question 16

The long, curved _________________, articulates at the acetabular surface with the bar; it articulates with numerous radials

Answer 16

METAPTERYGIUM