Reptiles and fish
Chapter 15 Reptiles and fish REPTILES The class Reptilia includes about 6500 species, all of which breed on land. The class is divided into four orders of which only two…
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Respiratory system
Chapter 8 Respiratory system KEY POINTS • External respiration is the gaseous exchange between the air and the blood. Internal or tissue respiration is the gaseous exchange between the blood…
Urinary system
Chapter 10 Urinary system Key Points • The functional unit of the kidney is the nephron; each kidney contains many thousands of nephrons. • Each nephron is made of several…
Common integument
Chapter 12 Common integument KEY POINTS • The common integument is the outer covering of the body and includes the skin, hair, pads and claws. • The skin covers the…
chicken and mouse as models of embryology
CHAPTER 20 The chicken and mouse as models of embryology Palle Serup, (chicken), Ernst-Martin Füchtbauer, (mouse) EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHICK EMBRYO The three-week long development of a chicken embryo…
of the urogenital system
CHAPTER 15 Development of the urogenital system Fred Sinowatz The urogenital system can be functionally divided into two entirely different components, the urinary system and the genital system, but the…
body folding and coelom formation
CHAPTER 7 Gastrulation, body folding and coelom formation Morten Vejlsted As was described in the previous chapter, blastulation results in the formation of the ICM, trophectoderm, epiblast, and hypoblast. The…
integumentary system
CHAPTER 17 The integumentary system Fred Sinowatz The skin is the largest organ of the mammalian body. It protects the body against dehydration, injury and infection and, moreover, it is…
of the central and peripheral nervous system
CHAPTER 10 Development of the central and peripheral nervous system Fred Sinowatz The central nervous system (CNS) develops from the ectoderm once the latter has become specified into surface ectoderm…
