BIOL 210B, Dr. Clymer

 

Student Learning Outcomes and Terms

 

Invertebrates

Arthropoda

•        tagmata

•        ecdysis

•        Malpighian tubules

•        tracheoles

•        spiracles

•        metamorphosis

•        chelicerae

•        pedipalps

•        book lungs

•        spinnerets

•        nauplius

Echinodermata

•        water vascular system

•        madreporite

•        ampulla

 

Vertebrates I

SLOs

  1. Know the 4 distinguishing characteristics of chordates
  2. Be able to discuss the common characteristics of vertebrates and their advantages
  3. Be able to describe and discuss the history of adaptive radiations within vertebrates as different classes evolved.

 

Terms

Chordata

•        notochord

•        neural crest

•        jaws

•        cloaca

•        spiral valve

•        lateral line

•        swim bladder

•        operculum

•        counter-current

•        tetrapod

 

 

 

 

 

Vertebrates II

SLOs

1.     Know the distinguishing characteristics used to sort species into each major Class.

2.     Understand how members of each Class are adapted to their environment and food source, e.g. by body plan.

 

The evolution of amniotes from an amphibian ancestor involved many adaptations for terrestrial living including

            1. Amniotic eggs, which are watertight

            2. Dry skin, which covers body and prevents water loss

            3. Thoracic breathing, which increases lung capacity

 

SLOs, The Amniotes

1.     Be able to describe the structure of the amniotic egg and its importance in radiations onto land.

2.     Be able to discuss how geologic change and events during the Mesozoic and Cenozoic affected the radiation of reptiles and mammals.

3.     Be able to discuss the synapomorphies of birds and how their anatomy, physiology, and behaviors contribute to their success.

4.     Know the distinguishing features of the mammalian orders Monotremata and Marsupialia as contrasted to eutherian mammals.

5.     Know the closest relatives to primates.

6.     Know the shared derived characters of primates.

7.     Know the shared derived characters of humans, and the major developmental traits of Homo sapiens.

 

Terms

·       amniote

·       synapsids, anapsids, and diapsids

·       extraembryonic tissues:  amnion, chorion, allantois, yolk

·       calcareous

·       Lepidosaurs

·       Archosaurs: dinosaurs, crocodiles, and birds

·       endothermy, ectothermy

·       Mammals:  monotremes, marsupials, eutherians

·       placenta, marsupium, joey

·       opposable thumb

·       brachiation

·       arboreal

·       bipedalism