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Ever ask someone to show a little backbone? Unless you were talking to a vertebrate, you were wasting your time. What sets all members of the subphylum Vertebrata apart from the rest of the animal kingdom is all have segmented backbones.

The Vertebrates examines the natural history as well as the forms and functions of this subphylum. This wide-ranging program begins by exploring the fundamental differences between animal and plant life. Whether characteristics were derived or conserved determines the direction of vertebrate evolution and explains the incredible diversity exhibited.

Topics covered in this program include: A Survey of the Animal Kingdom; Animal versus Plant Cell Structure; Binomial Nomenclature; Linnaean Classification; Chordate Characteristics and Classification, Vertebrate Characteristics and Classification; Vertebrate Evolution; Vertebrate Form and Function as well as Characteristics and Adaptations of Fishes, Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds, and Mammals.

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Program Objectives

I. Introduction

II. Classifying Vertebrates

A. The animal kingdom

1. Defining charastics of animals

2. Classical taconomy and Carolus Linnaeus

3. Binomial Nomenclature

4. Derived and conserved characteristics

5. Six Kingdom model of classification

III. Phylum Chordata

A. Four defining characteristics

1. Notochord

2. Dorsal hollow nerve cord

3. Pharyngeal gill slits

4. Postanal tail

B. Classification and representative organisms

C. Cephalochordates and Urochordates

IV. Subphylum Vertebrata

A. Classification and representative organisms

B. Defining characteristics

1. The vertebral column

V. Vertebrate Evolution

A. The fossil record

B. Phylogenetic tree

VI. Animal Form and Function

A. Regional differentiation

B. Symmetry

C. Deuterestome development

D. Tube Within a Tube body plan

E. The skeleton

F. Three muscle types

G. Integument

H. Respiration

I. Circulation

J. Digestion

K. Excretion of nitrogenous wastes

L. Nervous system

M. Reproduction

1. Gametes

2. Methods

VII. Vertebrate Diversity

A. Three classes of Fishes

1. Evolutions

2. Reproductive organs

3. Characteristics

B. Amphibians

1. Life cycles

2. Evolution

3. Representative organisms

4. Characteristics

C. Reptiles

1. Representative organisms

2. Characteristics

D. Birds

1. Classification

2. Adaptations for flight

3. Characteristics

E. Mammals

1. Classifications and representative organisms

2. Characteristics

VIII. Conclusion

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