| Description |
xiv, 635 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
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regular print |
| Summary |
A functional approach to morphology -- treatment is unique as to organization, thoroughness, and extent of biomechanical analysis. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. The Nature of Vertebrate Morphology -- Pt. I. Survey of Vertebrate Animals: The Principal Structural Patterns -- Ch. 2. Nature, Origin, and Classification of Vertebrates -- Ch. 3. Fishes -- Ch. 4. Tetrapods -- Pt. II. The Phylogeny and Ontogeny of Structure: Evolution in Relation to Time and Major Taxa -- Ch. 5. Early Development -- Ch. 6. Integument and Its Derivatives -- Ch. 7. Teeth -- Ch. 8. Head Skeleton -- Ch. 9. Body Skeleton -- Ch. 10. Muscles and Electric Organs -- Ch. 11. Coelom and Mesenteries -- Ch. 12. Digestive System -- Ch. 13. Respiratory System and Gas Bladder -- Ch. 14. Circulatory System -- Ch. 15. Excretory System and Osmoregulation -- Ch. 16. Reproductive System and Urogenital Ducts -- Ch. 17. Nervous System: General, Spinal Cord, and Peripheral Nerves -- Ch. 18. Nervous System: Brain -- Ch. 19. Sense Organs -- Ch. 20. Endocrine Glands -- Pt. III. Structural Adaptation: Evolution in Relation to Habit and Habitat -- Ch. 21. Structural Elements of the Body -- Ch. 22. Mechanics of Support and Movement -- Ch. 23. Form, Function, and Body Size -- Ch. 24. Running and Jumping -- Ch. 25. Digging, and Crawling without Appendages -- Ch. 26. Climbing -- Ch. 27. Swimming and Diving -- Ch. 28. Flying and Gliding -- Ch. 29. Energetics and Locomotion -- Ch. 30. Feeding |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: / Milton Hildebrand. 1995 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Vertebrates -- Evolution.
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Vertebrates -- Anatomy.
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Vertebrates -- Morphology.
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| Author |
Goslow, G. E.
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| LC no. |
00068604 |
| ISBN |
0471295051 cloth alkaline paper |
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