Chordata - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

notochord correct answers the characteristic from which the phylum derives its name (means back-cord); a rodlike, semirigid body or fluid-engorged cells enclosed by a fibrous sheath extending the entire length of the body monophyletic correct answers groups that contain all known descendants of a single common ancestor paraphyletic correct answers groups (like reptiles) that do not contain the descendants of their most recent common ancestor Somites correct answers a series of cartilagi...

Vertebrate Ancestors: 'Chordate' Origins, 'Vertebrae and 'Cephalization Who are the vertebrates? How many species? - "animals with backbones" - phylum chordata: --> notochord, segmentation, jointed appendages (via deutersotome development and endoskeleton, derived from coelom, body cavity and bilateral symmetry) - subphylum craniata --> have no column hyperoterti (notochord) - roughly 45'000 species - infraphylum vertebrata --> 42'000 species (5% life - less diverse/...

DAT BOOSTER TEST V (BIOLOGY) EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE SOLUTIONS The way substances and waste in the kidney are removed from the blood is by... - Precise Answer Filtration Segmentation is a characteristic of which three phyla? - Precise Answer Arthropoda Chordata (Vertebrates) Annelida (ex: leech) Important examples of organisms in Phylum Echinodermata - Precise Answer Starfish Brittle stars Sand dollars Sea lilies Sea urchins Sea cucumbers Sea daisies Important chara...

taxonomy categories in order? CORRECT ANSWER Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species Did King Phillip Cry Out "For Goodness Sakes!" human taxonomic levels? CORRECT ANSWER Animalia, chordata, Mammalia, primatae, hominidae, homo sapiens "All cool men prefer heavy sideburns" phases of mitosis? CORRECT ANSWER Interphase, prophase metaphase, anaphase, telophase I-PMAT 7 characteristics of all animals? CORRECT ANSWER movement, reproduction, sensitivity, gro...

Mollusca, Arthropoda, Chordata, Echinodermata, Cnidaria, Porifera correct answers Phyla found in the rocky intertidal By size: macrofauna are larger than 1mm and meifauna are less than 1mm correct answers How do scientists define macrofauna and meiofauna? Chlorophyta (green), rhodophyta (reds), phaeophyta (browns - fucoids and kelps) correct answers The 3 different divisions of macroalgae found on rocky shores Primary producers (micro and macroalgae), grazers (limpets, periwinkles, urch...

invertebrates - ANSWER-animals that lack a backbone and account for over 95% of known animal species blue dragon (Glaucus atlanticus) - ANSWER-an invertebrate animal true or false: expect for sponges (and a few others), all animals are Eumetazoans - ANSWER-true animal phylum - ANSWER-1. Porifera 2. Cnidaria 3. Ctenophora 4. Platyhelminthes 5. Nematoda 6. Annelida 7. Mollusca 8. Arthropoda 9. Echinodermata 10. Chordata filter feed (sponges) - ANSWER-filter out food particles suspen...

deuterostomes echinoderms and chordates are ______ deuterostomia echinoderms and chordates constitute the clade _____ echinoderms (phylum Echinodermata) include sea stars and sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and sand dollars, with about 7000 species, all of them marine chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates deuterostomes share developmental characteristics -radial cleavage -formation of the anus from the blastopore however, some other animals also share these developmental chara...

AP Bio Concepts Latest Update 100% Correct Budding Asexual reproduction in yeasts in which smaller cells grow from a parent cell. Calcitonin A 32-amino acid linear polypeptide hormone that is produced in humans primarily by the parafollicular cells thyroid, and in many other animals in the ultimobranchial body. Cartilage flexible connective tissue found in many areas in the bodies of humans and other animals Cellulose A substance that cannot be broken down by cows. Cerebellu...

3 domains of the tree of life - Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya 4 kingdoms of eukarya - Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia arm - use to safely carry the microscope coarse adjustment knob - use to focus at low power ONLY competative inhibition - when molecules similar to a substrate compete for placement on the active site of an enzyme, Vmax is still possible is substrate concentration is high enough Condenser - concentrates the light on the specimen control treatment - a treatment in which you...

Be familiar with the common characteristics of animals. - - Multicellular heterotrophs - cells lack cell walls -most have nerves, muscles, and capacity to move at some point in the life cycle - able to reproduce sexually - specialized sensory structures and nervous system - cells exist in extensive extracellular matrix - unique cell junctions What type of life cycle do all animals show? - gametic What is the most likely ancestor of animals? - choanoflagellates What are the 3 major featu...