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Characteristic of vertebrates

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Vertebral column
Skull
Endoskeleton
Internal organization

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Replaces the embryonic notochord

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Vertebral column

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Evidence of segmentation

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Vertebral column

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High degree of cephalization

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Skull

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Encloses and protects brain

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Skull

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Complex sense organs

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Skull

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Tissue that grows with the animal

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Endoskeleton

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Protection for internal organs

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Endoskeleton

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Attachment for muscles

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Endoskeleton

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Paired appendages characteristics

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Endoskeleton

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Incomplete digestive track

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Large coelom

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Closed circulatory system

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Internal organization

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Respiratory system consists of gills or lungs

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Internal organization

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Kidneys

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Internal organization

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Sexes are separate and reproduction is sexual

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Internal organization

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Approximately 28000 species

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Fish

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Jawless fish

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Agnathans

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Jawless fish ex

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Lamprey and hag fish

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Condrichthyes

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Cartilaginous fish that have jaws

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Depend on environment to regulate temp

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Ecothermy

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Fish with jaws are

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Cartilaginous

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Cartilaginous ex

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Sharks, rays, skates

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Cartilaginous fish lack

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Gill cover of bony fishes

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Can sense electric currents in water

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Cartilaginous fish

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Sharks and rays use a lateral line system
Cartilaginous
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These fish have filter feeders and predators
Cartilaginous
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Osteichthyes
Have skeleton of bone and jaws
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25000 species
Osteichthyes
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Most are ray finned fishes
Osteichthyes
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Osteichthyes have a swim
Bladder
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Bony fishes have separate
Genders
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Majority of bony fishes undergo external
Fertilization
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Lobe finned fishes posses fleshy fins supported by
Bones
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Lobe finned fishes ex
Lungfishes and coelacanth
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Lungfishes have
Lungs and gills
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Amphibians contain
Limbs
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Amphibians have smooth and
Nonscaly skin
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Amphibians have
Lungs
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Amphibians have double loop circulatory pathway with a three
Chambered heart
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Amphibians have organs called
Sense organs
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Amphibians have aquatic
Reproduction
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Amphibians go through a process called
Metamorphosis
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Amphibian gave three groups
Salamanders and newts Frogs and toads Caecilians
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Salamanders practice
Internal fertilization
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Frogs and toads are
Tailless as adults
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Caecilians are
Legless, sightless, wormshaped
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Amphibians return return to water to
Reproduce
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Amphibians use many strategies to keep their
Eggs wet
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What are the reproductions strategies of amphibians
Wrap eggs in leaves Lay directly in water Put them in pockets on females back Lay eggs on moist ground
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have more than 17000 species
Reptiles
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Characteristics; paired limbs, efficient breathing, efficient circulation, excretion, ectothermy, well adapted reproduction
Reptiles
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Turtles and tortoises Lizards Snakes Tuataras Crocodilians
Reptiles
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Ribs and thoracic infused into a heavy shell
Turtle and tortoises
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Tuataras have
Third eye
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Snakes and lizards are both
Carnivores
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Muscular tail used as a weapon and a paddle
Crocodile
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Characteristics; feathers, modified skeleton, modified respiration, endothermic, well developed sense organs, nervous system
Birds
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Typically classified according to beak and foot type, habitat, and behavior
Birds
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Characteristics; hair, mammary glands, skeleton, internal organ, internal development
Mammals
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Accommodates a larger brain relative to body sizes
Skull
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Double loop circulatory pathway with 4 chambered heart
Mammals
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Monotremes Marsupials Placental Mammals
3 lineages
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Hard shelled amniotic eggs and single urogenital opening (cloaca)
Monotremes
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Females contain pouches
Marsupials
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Placenta is used for exchange of material and fetal blood
Placental Mammals

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