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» Anatomical Terms of Location  - Article from Wikipedia describing the complex terminology necessary to be used when describing the anatomy of animals in order to avoid confusion.
» Animal Cells and Tissues: Organization of the Animal Body - Notes by Michael J. Farabee on the structure and functions of each of the four major animal tissue types: epithelial, muscle, connective and bone.
» Animal Diversity - Gives the key anatomical characteristics of members of Phylum Hemichordata, Phylum Chordata and its Subphyla Urochordata, Cephalochordata and Vertebrata. Illustrated by slides.
» Animal Organ Systems and Homeostasis - Homeostasis describes the physical and chemical parameters that an organism must maintain to allow proper functioning of its component cells, tissues and organs.
» Auburn University - Comparative Anatomy - Lecture notes on the digestive, circulatory, respiratory, urogenital and nervous systems in vertebrates, and also the muscles, limbs, skeleton and integument.
» Bone - Article from Wikipedia describing the characteristics, functions and types of bone and how bone is formed.
» Breathing in Stegocephalians - Most tetrapods breathe with the lungs that they inherited from their ancestors such as the coelacanth and lungfishes and this is probably also true of extinct groups of stegocephalians.
» Chordata - Biomedia Zoology Museum - An introduction to the taxonomy of the phylum Chordata with explanations of the technical terms used.
» Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates - Educational and research resource with sections on ichthyology, herpetology, ornithology and mammalogy.
» Guide to Animal Sounds on the Net - Provides an index to animal sounds on the Web including birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fish and insects.
» Hearing in Stegocephalians - In this article, Michael Laurin outlines the anatomy and evolution of the outer, middle and inner ear in land vertebrates.
» Infrared Zoo - Uses infrared photography to show the differences between warm and cold blooded animals.
» Invertebrate Members of the Phylum Chordata - Outlines the differences between the subphylum Vertebrata and the two subphyla, Urochordata and Cephalochordata.
» Life History of Stegocephalians - Michael Laurin outlines the life history of tetrapods and extinct terrestrial vertebrates.
» Molecular Patterns of Sex Determination in the Animal Kingdom: a Comparative Study of the Biology of Reproduction - Abstract from an article studying a variety of regulatory mechanisms that determine the sex of offspring in the animal kingdom.
» Museum of Vertebrate Zoology - Provides specimen data and archival materials from the collections of the University of California, Berkeley.
» Museum of Vertebrate Zoology Collections - Searchable database of specimens that includes over 50,000 tissue samples for use in molecular analyses.
» Online Biology Book: Glossary - Comprehensive list of the technical terms you are likely to come across, with cross references.
» Other Animal Sounds - Doug Von Gausig has recorded the sounds made by various amphibians, reptiles and mammals, as well as birds. Here are the sound clips.
» Phylogeny of Stegocephalians - Stegocephalians are tetrapods with digits rather than fins. Michael Laurin explores the relationship between the extant and the extinct members of this group.
» Respiratory System - Notes on external and internal respiration, ventilation, aquatic and aerial gas exchange in all classes of vertebrate.
» Skulls: Structure and Function - Though primarily designed to protect the brain, the architecture of an animal’s skull can help scientists to deduce many of its dietary and social patterns.
» Society for Northwestern Vertebrate Biology - Devoted to the study of terrestrial vertebrates in the Pacific northwest. Offers publications and reference data.
» Structure and Function of Cartilage - Technical notes on the composition, structure, function and aging of cartilage.
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» Terrestrial Vertebrates - Describes the principle characteristics of tetrapods, which have well defined joints and digits, their classification and phylogenetic relationships.
» The Annual Symposium of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy - Details of this year’s meeting of SVPCA and abstracts from presentations made in previous years.
» The Evolution of Left-Right Asymmetry in Chordates - Article by Clive Boorman and Sebastian Shimeld discussing directional asymmetric morphology in which sidedness is fixed for a population, species or higher taxon.
» The Integument - Notes on the functions and anatomy of skin and its evolution.
» The Integument and its Derivatives - These notes cover the dermis and epidermis including skin, beaks, nails, hooves, horns, hair, feathers, scales and teeth.
» The Society for Experimental Biology (SEB) - SEB membership is open to scientists world-wide and the Animal Section is a thriving community of enthusiastic scientists working across diverse scientific groups.
» The Vertebrate: Glossary - Provides a comprehensive list of definitions of the technical terms likely to be met when studying the vertrebates.
» The Vertebrates - Notes on the classification structure of the Vertebrates with a cladogram to review the evolutionary relationships of the craniata.
» Urochordata and Cephalochordata - Commonly called tunicates and lancelets, these marine creatures provide important clues in the study of vertebrates.
» Will's Skull Page - Features images and measurements of mammalian skulls as well as updates and related links.
Category Editor: hiraeth
Last Updated: 2007-06-04 19:47:34
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