Dogfish Flashcards
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projects anteriorly, protects pre cerebral cavity
rostrum
lateral to base of rostrum
nasal capsule
paired openings on surface of nasal capsules
nares
dorsal support for eyes
ant orbital process, supraorbital crest, postorbital process
supports eyeball, rooted to anterior trigeminal foramen
optic pedicle
largest opening in medial orbit wall
optic foramen
posteroventral eye support
basitrabecular process
several openings in orbital crest
superficial ophthalmic foramina
house inner ears
otic capsule
wide, flat, ventral part of otic capsules
basal plate
large medial opening in occipital region
foramen magnum
on either side of foramen magnum, articulate with first vertebra
occipital condyle
the most anterior arches, highly modified for jaw articulation
mandibular arch, hyoid arch
support interbranchial septa, lie between pharyngeal slits
branchial arches
upper jaw, articulates with chondrocranium, has two dorsal projections
palatoquadrate cartilage
anterior dorsal projection of palatoquadrate cartilage
orbital process
posterior dorsal projection of palatoquadrate cartilage
adductor mandibulae process
lower jaw
Meckel’s cartilage
dorsal segment of hyoid arch
hyomandibular
articulates ventrally with hyomandibular
ceratohyal
articulates ventrally with ceratohyals
basihyal
the pharyngeal slits in dorsal to ventral order
pharyngobranchial, epibranchial, ceratobranchial
ventral completion of branchial arches
hypobranchial, basibranchial
inward projections of branchial arches
gill raker