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an introduction to the skeletal systems of vertebrate animals

an introduction to the skeletal systems of vertebrate animals. By Maddy Schley. Vertebrate animals all have. axial skeleton - consists of the skull and the vertebral column appendicular skeleton - supports the fins in fish and the legs in tetrapods (four-legged animals). birds and fish.

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an introduction to the skeletal systems of vertebrate animals

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  1. an introduction to the skeletal systems of vertebrate animals • By Maddy Schley

  2. Vertebrate animals all have... • axial skeleton - consists of the skull and the vertebral column • appendicular skeleton - supports the fins in fish and the legs in tetrapods (four-legged animals)

  3. birds and fish Similarities include... -upper and lower jaw/mandible -skull -ribs -vertebrae

  4. Crocodiles and horses Similarities include.... -lower mandible -skull -ribs -vertebrae -bones of front and hind limbs

  5. Differences betweenmodern house catsand saber-tooth cats Modern House Cat... -pubis -ischium -ilium Saber-Tooth Cat... -sacrum -calcaneum -astragalus -elongated canines -patella

  6. Differences between Woolly mammoths and modern day elephants Woolly Mammoths... -astragalus -calcaneum

  7. bibliography • "skeleton." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. Web. 06 Jan. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/547371/skeleton>.

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