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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. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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an introduction to the an introduction to the skeletal systems of skeletal systems of vertebrate animalsvertebrate animals
an introduction to the an introduction to the skeletal systems of skeletal systems of vertebrate animalsvertebrate animals
By Maddy SchleyBy Maddy Schley
Vertebrate animals all have...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)
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 fishbirds and fish
Similarities include...-upper and lower jaw/mandible-skull-ribs-vertebrae
Similarities include...-upper and lower jaw/mandible-skull-ribs-vertebrae
Crocodiles and horsesCrocodiles and horses
Similarities include....-lower mandible-skull-ribs-vertebrae-bones of front and hind limbs
Similarities include....-lower mandible-skull-ribs-vertebrae-bones of front and hind limbs
Differences betweenmodern house catsand saber-tooth cats
Differences betweenmodern house catsand saber-tooth cats
Modern House Cat...-pubis-ischium-ilium
Modern House Cat...-pubis-ischium-ilium
Saber-Tooth Cat...-sacrum -calcaneum-astragalus -elongated canines -patella
Saber-Tooth Cat...-sacrum -calcaneum-astragalus -elongated canines -patella
Differences between Woolly mammoths and modern day elephants
Differences between Woolly mammoths and modern day elephants
Woolly Mammoths...-astragalus-calcaneum
Woolly Mammoths...-astragalus-calcaneum
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"skeleton." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. Web. 06 Jan. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/547371/skeleton>.
"skeleton." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online Academic Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica Inc., 2013. Web. 06 Jan. 2013. <http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/547371/skeleton>.
