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Week |
Lab Topic (MW AM) |
Reading (Walker) |
Lec Topic (TTh PM) |
Reading (Kardong) |
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Aug 28 |
Urochordates & amphioxus |
1, 4-15 |
Vertebrate morphology - what is it? |
1-3, 10-21, Ch. 18 |
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Lamprey and ammocoetes larva |
Ch. 2 |
Origin of chordates |
21-29, Ch. 2 |
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Sept 4 |
LABOR DAY - No Lab |
Vertebrate embryology - basics |
154-174, 179-181, 190-192 |
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Vertebrate diversity, classification, and phylogeny; integument |
Ch. 3 |
Vertebrate evolution and diversity |
Ch. 3 |
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Sept 11 |
Skel system 1 - head skel - chondrichthyans, osteichthyans |
52-63 |
Integumentary system |
Ch. 6 |
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Skel system 2 - head skel - amphibians, reptiles, birds |
63-79 |
Skeletal system |
172-179 |
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Sept 18 |
Skel system 3 - head skel - mammals |
79-94 |
Evolution of the mammalian skull |
255-264, 268-271 |
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Skel system 4 - trunk skel |
Ch. 5 |
Locomotion in water |
134-135, 138-140, 369-370 |
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Sept 25 |
Skel system 5 - appendicular skel |
Ch. 6 |
Lever systems and principles of muscle action |
132-137, 348-362 |
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review lab |
Locomotion on land - basics |
289-293, 313-332 |
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Oct 2 |
LAB PRACTICAL 1 |
Locomotor adaptations I - running, jumping, digging, climbing |
332-335, 342 |
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Muscular system 1 - fishes |
133-156 |
Locomotor adaptations II - flight |
335-341 |
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Oct 9 |
Muscular system 2 - mammals 1 |
165-186 |
1st midterm (material through 9/28 only) |
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Muscular system 3 - mammals 2 |
186-210 |
The senses I - general, smell, taste, vision |
631-652 |
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Oct 16 |
Sense organs |
Ch. 8 |
The senses II - hearing, lateral line, electroreception |
652-671 |
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Nervous system 1 - shark |
237-258 |
Organization of the central nervous system |
589-616 |
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Week |
Lec Topic (TTh AM) |
Reading (Kardong) |
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Oct 23 |
Nervous system 2 - comparative and mammals |
260-286 |
Brain structure and evolution |
616-629 |
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review lab |
Head segmentation |
232-233, 600-602 |
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Oct 30 |
LAB PRACTICAL 2 |
Mechanics of ventilation and feeding in the aquatic environment |
238-247, 392-401 |
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Coelom, digestive, and resp. systems 1 sharks, bony fishes |
287-306 |
Feeding on land |
248-255; 484-487 |
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Nov 6 |
Coelom, digestive and resp systems 2 amphibs, reptiles, birds |
306-313 |
2nd Midterm |
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Coelom, digestive and resp systems 3 mammals |
314-335 |
Lung ventilation |
398-411, 418-420 |
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Nov 13 |
Circulatory system 1 - shark |
336-357 |
The vertebrate circulatory system - intro and aortic arches |
428-437 |
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Circ system 2 - comparative tetrapod |
357-366 |
The venous and lymphatic systems |
437-444, 465-469 |
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Nov 20 |
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - SELF STUDY |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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Nov 27 |
Circ system 3 - mammals 1 |
367-381 |
The vertebrate heart |
444-459 |
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Circ system 4 - mammals 2 |
381-393 |
Coelomic funnels and other tales |
511-529 |
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Dec 4 |
Excretory and reproductive systems - fish and anamniotes |
404-413 |
Comp. anat. of the reproductive system |
529-553 |
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Excretory and reproductive systems - amniotes |
413-431 |
Reproduction on land - the amniote egg and evolution of the placenta |
181-187, 553-555 |
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Dec 11 |
Review lab |
Controversies in vertebrate morphology: homology, form & function |
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LAB PRACTICAL 3 |
3rd Midterm |
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Dec 19 |
Final Project Poster Session (Tues Dec 19, 12.40-14.30) |