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... sends up its own broad truncated spine ; and these are not much - developed oblique processes , but gradually approximate and blend together , to form the single normal spine at the fifth abdominal vertebra.2 In the Barbel the neural ...
... sends up its own broad truncated spine ; and these are not much - developed oblique processes , but gradually approximate and blend together , to form the single normal spine at the fifth abdominal vertebra.2 In the Barbel the neural ...
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... sends processes into deeper cavities of the parapophyses , foreshowing , as it were , the pneumatic bones of birds . The parapophyses gradually bend lower down as they approach the tail , where , in many fishes , they unite to form the ...
... sends processes into deeper cavities of the parapophyses , foreshowing , as it were , the pneumatic bones of birds . The parapophyses gradually bend lower down as they approach the tail , where , in many fishes , they unite to form the ...
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... sends downward and backward a long hypapophysis . At the opposite extreme of the elongated body , two or three much simplified vertebræ are usually found blended together ; they support the horny rings forming the warning rattle of the ...
... sends downward and backward a long hypapophysis . At the opposite extreme of the elongated body , two or three much simplified vertebræ are usually found blended together ; they support the horny rings forming the warning rattle of the ...
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... sends off the short optic nerve to the dark ocellus , op , and there terminates , somewhat obtusely , beneath what Dr. KÖLLIKER2 has described as a ciliated olfactory capsule , ib . ol . The cranium of the Lancelet , therefore , may be ...
... sends off the short optic nerve to the dark ocellus , op , and there terminates , somewhat obtusely , beneath what Dr. KÖLLIKER2 has described as a ciliated olfactory capsule , ib . ol . The cranium of the Lancelet , therefore , may be ...
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... sends inward and forward a broad wedge - shaped plate , and presents a large perforation at its thick posterior part , answering probably to the perforated ulna of osseous Fishes , here confluent with the arch . The pectoral fin is ...
... sends inward and forward a broad wedge - shaped plate , and presents a large perforation at its thick posterior part , answering probably to the perforated ulna of osseous Fishes , here confluent with the arch . The pectoral fin is ...
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abdominal air-bladder alisphenoid appendage artery articular articulated attached backward Batrachia body bones bony branchial branchial arches called canal capsule cartilage cartilaginous caudal cavity centrum cervical Chelone Chelonia coalesce coracoid cranial cranium Crocodile Crocodilia dentary dentine developed dorsal duct elongated Endoskeleton exoccipitals expanded extends fibres fore forward Frog frontal gills hæmal arch hæmal spine hæmapophysis homology humerus inner inserted intestine Lancelet Lepidosiren ligament limbs lobes longitudinal lower jaw mastoid maxillary median membrane muscles muscular nasal nerves neural arch neural spine notochord occipital olfactory opercular orbitosphenoids organs Osseous Fishes ossified outer pair palatine parapophyses parietal pectoral pectoral fin pedicle Plagiostomes plates pleurapophyses Polypterus posterior premaxillary prosencephalon pterygoid rays Reptiles ribs scapula scutes segment Sharks short side skeleton skull slender species Sturgeon surface tail teeth terminal tooth transverse transverse process trunk tympanic upper vascular vein ventral ventricle vertebræ vertebral column vertical vomer
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