Vertebrate Evolution
Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Water & Temp
100
The group known as the jawless fish
What are Agnathans?
100
Name an example of a modern, extant jawless fish
What is hagfish/lampreys?
100
Amphibians keep themselves moist by using these skin glands
What are mucus glands
100
The 'stem lizards,' that likely gave rise to all modern reptiles
What are Cotylosaurs
100
Reptiles convert nitrogenous waste to this chemical form
What is uric acid
200
The group known as 'bony fish'
What is Osteichthyes?
200
This group of fish gave rise to Labyrinthodonts
What are Rhipidistians?
200
The group that gave rise to the three living orders of extant amphibians
What is Lissamphibia
200
What egg adaptation allowed reptiles to radiate and diversify on land?
What is the amniotic egg
200
Major site where filtration occurs in a nephron
What is the Bowman's capsule OR Loop of Henle
300
The name for the group of protochordates that display some chordate characteristics and some sponge-like characteristics
What is Hemichordata?
300
Two species of frog are capable of secreting these chemicals as an anti-freeze mechanism
What are glucose and glycerol
300
The 'coal lizards'
What are Anthracosaurs
300
Term that describes a skull type that is lacking temporal fossa
What is anapsid
300
A hormone that prevents water loss and amphibians and reptiles
What is Arginine vasotocin
400
The group of Agnathans that gave rise to jawed fish
What are Ostracoderms
400
A group of fish named for the conical shape of their teeth
What is Conodont
400
The family of Caudates that known to be fully aquatic, live in cold, fast-flowing streams and have skin folds to help for gas exchange
What is Cryptobranchidae
400
This reptilian order includes lizards and snakes
What is squamates
400
The two endocrine organs in the brain controlling water balance in herps
What are the hypothalamus and the pituitary gland
500
This protochordate lives its juvenile stage as a free-swimming larvae and then attaches to the ocean floor and turns into a sessile adult
What is Urochordata
500
The group of fish to which sharks, skates and rays belong
What are Elasmobranchs
500
Family of frogs which are known for their bright colors and poisonous nature
What is Dendrobatidae
500
This term refers to the clade of 'side necked' turtles
What is Pleurodira
500
Expansion of the blood vessels; done in order to lower internal body temperature
What is vasodilation
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