The Vertebrate Body Plan

Question 1

Vertebrate Definition

Answer 1

An animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes.’
We have a backbone

Question 2

Tube within a tube body plan

Answer 2

Outer wall and inner tube ex the body is the outer wall and the digestive track is the inner tube

Question 3

bilateral symmetry

Answer 3

the left half of the body mirrors its right half, symmetrical

Question 4

Dorsal Hollow Nerve Cord

Answer 4

Spinal Cord developed inside a harden pastes called spinal Column

Question 5

Notochord

Answer 5

early embryo feature that goes away quickly but gives rise to vertebral column

Question 6

Vertebrae

Answer 6

Gives rise to boney portion of the vertebral column

Question 7

Segmentation

Answer 7

Repeating units of similar structure that run from the head along the full length of the trunk, the ribs is the only thing we have

Question 8

pharyngeal arches

Answer 8

Pouches of tissue that give rise to structures in our head and neck also associated to cranial nerves

Question 9

Vertebrata-Mammalia

Answer 9

-Presence of mammary glands
-Thermoregulate
-Hair or fur
-Neocortex-brain region
-Care for young
-3 inner ear bones that migrated from the mandable- Incus, Maleus, and Stapes

Also Classified as primates

Question 10

Primates

Answer 10

Large Brains-Intelligence
-Visual Acuity
-Color Vision
-Shoulder Gridle-Circumduction
-Dextrous Hands, opposition of the thumb

Question 11

Dorsal Body Cavity

Answer 11

Posterior (Back)
Has 2 cavities in it
Cranial Cavity- Brain
Vertebral Cavity- Spinal Cord

Question 12

Ventral Body Cavity

Answer 12

Anterior (Front)
3 cavities
Thoracic Cavity- heart+lungs
Abdominopelvic Cavity- digestive+ reproductive+ urinary