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Chordates

Chordates. Phylum Chordata. Four distinctive characteristics define the chordates: Notocord Dorsal tubular nerve cord Pharyngeal pouches (gill slits) Postanal (past the anus) tail !! All are found at least at some embryonic stage in all chordates, although they may later be lost. Notochord.

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Chordates

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  1. Chordates

  2. Phylum Chordata • Four distinctive characteristics define the chordates: • Notocord • Dorsal tubular nerve cord • Pharyngeal pouches (gill slits) • Postanal (past the anus) tail !! • All are found at least at some embryonic stage in all chordates, although they may later be lost.

  3. Notochord • The notochord is a flexible, rod-like structure derived from mesoderm. • First part of the endoskeleton to appear in an embryo. • Place for muscle attachment. • In vertebrates, the notochord becomes the vertebral column…meaning the BACKBONE

  4. Dorsal Tubular Nerve Cord • In chordates, the nerve cord is dorsal to the alimentary canal and is a tube. • The anterior end becomes enlarged to form the brain. • The hollow cord is produced by the infolding of ectodermal cells that are in contact with the mesoderm in the embryo. • Becomes the Spinal Cord

  5. Pharyngeal Pouches and Slits • Pharyngeal slits are openings that lead from the pharyngeal cavity to the outside. • Precursors to Gills, and to lungs! We had these when we were in the womb…

  6. Human… “gill slits”

  7. Postanal Tail • The postanal tail … • Evolved for propulsion in water. • In humans … reduced to a tailbone, or coccyx, pronounced “COCK-six”

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