| Description |
xvii, 524 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1 Introduction -- The Phylum Chordata: The Big Four -- The Craniate Body: General Plan -- Craniate Characteristics -- Vertebrate Characteristics -- Structures Common to Craniates -- Other Vertebrate Characteristics -- 2 Concepts, Premises, and Pioneers -- Pattern and Process -- Adaptation -- Speciation -- Evolutionary Convergence -- Development -- Metamorphosis and Heterochrony -- Systematics and Taxonomy -- Organic Evolution and Evolutionary Selection -- Anatomy From Galen to Darwin -- Words to Ponder -- 3 Protochordates and the Origin of Vertebrates -- Protochordates -- The Origin of Craniates -- The Ammocoete: A Vertebrate Larva -- Heterochrony and the Relationship Between Amphioxus and Vertebrates -- 4 The Parade of the Craniates in Time and Taxa -- Craniate Taxa -- Agnatha -- Gnathostomes: Placoderms -- Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous Fishes) -- Acanthodians and Osteichthyans (Spiny Fishes and Bony Fishes) -- Actinopterygii (Ray-Finned Fishes) -- Sarcopterygii (Lobe-Finned Fishes) -- Amphibia -- Amniotes (Reptiles an Synapsids) -- Reptilia (Sauropsida) -- Synapsids -- 5 Early Craniate Morphogenesis -- Vertebrate Eggs -- Early Development of Representative Chordates -- Fate of the Ectoderm -- Fate of the Endoderm -- Fate of the Mesoderm -- Significance of the Germ Layers -- Extraembryonic Membranes -- 6 Integument -- Preview: Skin of the Eft -- The Epidermis -- The Dermis -- The Integument From Fishes to Mammals -- Some Roles of the Integument -- 7 Mineralized Tissues: An Introduction to the Skeleton -- Bone -- Cartilage -- Skeletal Remodeling -- Tendons, Ligaments, and Joints -- Mineralized Tissues and The Invertebrates -- Regional Components of the Skeleton -- Heterotopic Bones -- 8 Vertebrae, Ribs, and Sterna -- Vertebral Column -- Ribs -- Tetrapod Sternum -- 9 Skull and Visceral Skeleton -- Neurocranium -- Generalized Dermatocramium -- Neurocranial-Dermatocranial Complex of Bony Fishes -- Neurocranial-Dermatocranial Complex of Modern Tetrapods -- Visceral Skeleton -- Perspective -- 10 Girdles, Fins, Limbs, and Locomotion -- Pectoral Girdles -- Pelvic Girdles -- Fins -- Tetrapod Limbs -- 11 Muscles -- Muscle Tissues and Major Categories of Muscles -- Introduction to Skeletal muscles -- Appendicular Muscles -- Branchiomeric Muscles -- Integumentary Muscles -- Electric Organs -- 12 Digestive System -- Procuring Food -- The Digestive Tract: An Overview -- Mouth and Oral Cavity -- Pharynx -- Morphology of the Gut Wall -- Esophagus -- Stomach -- Intestine -- Liver and Gallbladder -- Exocrine Pancreas -- Cloaca -- 13 Respiratory System -- Gills -- Nares and Nasal Canals -- Swim Bladders and the Origin of Lungs -- Lungs and Their Ducts -- 14 Circulatory System -- Development -- Blood -- The Heart and Its Evolution -- Arterial Channels and Their Modifications -- Venous Channels and Their Modifications -- Circulation in the Mammalian Fetus, and Changes at Birth -- Lymphatic System -- 15 Urogential System -- Kidneys and Their Ducts -- Urinary Bladders -- Genital Organs -- 16 Nervous System -- Neuron -- Growth and Differentiation of the Nervous System -- Neuroglia and Neurilemma -- Spinal Cord -- Spinal Nerves -- Brain -- Cranial Nerves -- Autonomic Nervous System -- Segmentation of the Craniate Head -- 17 Sense Organs -- Special Somatic Receptors -- Special Chemoreceptors -- General Somatic Receptors -- General Visceral Receptors -- 18 Endocrine Organs -- Endocrine Role of the Nervous System -- Endocrine Organs Derived From Ectoderm -- Endocrine Organs Derived from Mesoderm -- Endocrine Organs Derived from Endoderm -- Hormonal Control of Biological Rhythms -- Appendix -- Glossary -- Credits -- Index |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Anatomy, Comparative.
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Vertebrates -- Anatomy.
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| Author |
Carr, Robert K.
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| LC no. |
00038680 |
| ISBN |
0073038695 |
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