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    Features of Vertebrate

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    This document summarizes some key external anatomical features of vertebrates, including a notochord, dorsal nerve chord that develops into a brain and spinal column, pharyngeal gill slits, a post-anal tail, and either a bony or cartilaginous vertebral column. It also describes the earliest vertebrates as the jawless agnathan class, including lampreys and hagfish, which have existed since the late Cambrian period and can be parasites to bony fish.

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    This document summarizes some key external anatomical features of vertebrates, including a notochord, dorsal nerve chord that develops into a brain and spinal column, pharyngeal gill slits, a post-anal tail, and either a bony or cartilaginous vertebral column. It also describes the earliest vertebrates as the jawless agnathan class, including lampreys and hagfish, which have existed since the late Cambrian period and can be parasites to bony fish.

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    This document summarizes some key external anatomical features of vertebrates, including a notochord, dorsal nerve chord that develops into a brain and spinal column, pharyngeal gill slits, a post-anal tail, and either a bony or cartilaginous vertebral column. It also describes the earliest vertebrates as the jawless agnathan class, including lampreys and hagfish, which have existed since the late Cambrian period and can be parasites to bony fish.

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    External anatomy

    Features of vertebrate:
    Notochord- flexible rod for ; for skeletal
    support
    Dorsal hollow nerve chord- brain; spinal
    column
    Pharyngeal gill slits- openings in throat;
    water passage (& food passage)
    Post anal tail balance
    Vertebral column either bone/cartilage
    High degree of cephalization
    Cranium; tripartile brain; multicellular
    organs
    Specialized organ system
    nephridia primitive; function as
    kidneys

    Earliest vertebrate
    Class Agnatha- jawless fish; like eel
    Lampreys & hag fish ( the only existing
    now)
    found in late Cambrian period
    parasites to bony fish due to its suckers
    Hagfish- ability to defend itself

    Modern Agnathans : Lamprey and fish


    paired fins are absent
    presence of notochord both in larvae and
    in adult.

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