Difference between revisions of "Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy"

From EEBedia
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(172 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
__NOEDITSECTION__
 
__NOEDITSECTION__
= '''FALL 2012 (EEB 3273)''' =
+
= '''FALL 2020 (EEB 3273)''' =
[[Image:OwenArchetypusSmPSE.jpg|center|frame|Owen's vertebrate skeleton archetype]]<br>
+
[[Image:OwenArchetypusSmPSE.jpg|center|frame|Owen's vertebrate archetype]]<br>
  
 
[[Image:Comparativeanatomyclassdissecting.JPG|center|frame|Fall 2010 class in the lab]]
 
[[Image:Comparativeanatomyclassdissecting.JPG|center|frame|Fall 2010 class in the lab]]
Line 7: Line 7:
 
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''INSTRUCTOR'''</h2>
 
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''INSTRUCTOR'''</h2>
 
<br>
 
<br>
[[Image:Kurt2RacersAtFenton4_10sm.jpg|thumb||left]]
+
[[Image:Kurt2RacersAtFenton4_10sm.jpg|300px|thumb||left]]
 
[[Image:SchwenkPortrait7_08sm.jpg|right|]]
 
[[Image:SchwenkPortrait7_08sm.jpg|right|]]
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
'''Kurt Schwenk''', Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
 
'''Kurt Schwenk''', Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology<br>
'''Office:'''  PharmBio 600<br>
+
'''Office:'''  Torrey Life Science 360<br>
'''Lab:''' PharmBio 410, 412<br>
+
'''Lab:''' TLS 365<br>
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-0351<br>
+
'''Voice:''' 860-486-0351<br>
 
'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
 
'''Lab phone''': 860-486-4158<br>
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
+
'''Fax:''' 860-486-6364<br>
 
'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br>
 
'''Email:''' kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu<br>
Dr. Schwenk's [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''web page''']<br><br><br><br><br>
+
Dr. Schwenk's [http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Kurt_Schwenk '''web page''']
 
+
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
'''HOW TO GET TO DR. SCHWENK'S OFFICE FROM TORREY LIFE SCIENCES:'''<br>
+
 
+
1. Go to basement of Torrey<br>
+
2. Go to east end of hallway (the end closest to Pathobiology bldg., where PNB labs are)<br>
+
3. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through double doors<br>
+
4. Walk down ramp to elevator - take elevator to 6th floor<br>
+
5. Exit elevator and turn sharp right - office door is right there (my name is on the wall)<br><br>
+
 
+
'''HOW TO GET TO DR. SCHWENK'S OFFICE FROM PHARM-BIO BLDG. MAIN ENTRANCE:'''<br>
+
 
+
1. Enter Pharmacy-Biology Bldg. through main entrance<br>
+
2. Go to lobby elevator, take to 6th floor<br>
+
3. Exit elevator, turn right<br>
+
4. Walk until you come to closed double doors that have sign on them saying 'Alarm Will Sound' - IGNORE THIS SIGN - no alarm will sound - and walk right through<br>
+
5. Walk down hallway past labs and at end of hall pass through another set of double doors into freight elevator vestibule<br>
+
6. Kurt's office is immediately to left of elevator
+
<br><br><br><br>
+
 
+
 
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</h2>
 
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''TEACHING ASSISTANT'''</h2>
 
<br>
 
<br>
[[Image:BillPortraitDissectSm8_12.jpg|thumb|left|]]
+
[[Image:ChristianPolonia.jpg|300px|thumb|left]]<br>
[[Image:BillRyersonTApic1.jpg|thumb|right|]]
+
'''Name:'''  Christian Polonia<br>
 +
'''Office/Lab:'''    PBB 317/319 (Bolnick Lab)<br>
 +
'''Office hours:''' By appointment<br>
 +
'''Email:'''    christian.polonia@uconn.edu<br>
 +
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
 +
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''COURSE DOWNLOADS'''</h2>
 +
<br>'''''CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT'''''
 
<br>
 
<br>
'''Bill Ryerson''', MS (doctoral student)<br>
 
'''Office/Lab:''' PharmBio 412<br>
 
'''Voice:''' (860) 486-4158<br>
 
'''Fax:''' (860) 486-6364<br>
 
'''Email:''' william.ryerson@uconn.edu<br>
 
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>
 
 
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:170%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''ANNOUNCEMENTS'''</h2>
 
<br><br>
 
*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''(1)  TEXTBOOKS'''<font color="#000000">—The textbooks have been ordered, but they probably will not be available in the Co-op until after classes begin.  Keep checking.  If you notice that they are in the Co-op, please email me so that I can make a general announcement.'''
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''(2)  IF YOU WANT TO TRY TO FIND NEW OR USED COPIES OF THE BOOKS ON YOUR OWN, HERE IS THE INFO:''' (both books are required)<br><br>
+
'''LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS'''<br>
<font color="#000000">
+
:*  '''Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates''', 3rd edition, K. Liem et al. (authors), 2001.  Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning (publishers), '''ISBN: 0-03-022369-5'''
+
:*  '''Vertebrate Dissection''', 9th ed., Homberger and Walker (authors), 2004.  Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning, '''ISBN:0-03-022522-1'''
+
 
<br>
 
<br>
*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''(3)  OTHER THINGS YOU NEED FOR THE CLASS:'''<br><br>
 
<font color="#000000">
 
:*'''A lab notebook'''—any kind you like—for making notes and sketches during skeletal labs and dissections (it will not be graded—just for your benefit).
 
:*'''A dissection tool kit'''—the one in the Co-op that is for BIO 1107 is fine.
 
:*'''A lab coat or old shirt'''—anything to keep the shark grease off of your clothes!
 
:*'''Colored pencils'''—minimally red, blue, yellow and green.  You will need these for lecture, but they would be useful in lab, as well.
 
 
<br>
 
<br>
*<font color="#CC000"><span style="font-size: larger"><span style="font-size: larger">'''(4)  FINALS WEEK—OFFICIAL UCONN POLICY STATEMENT:'''<font color="#000000"><br><br>
+
<br>{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/2002SchwenkAristotle.pdf}}  ''Aristotle's Ghost'', essay by Dr. Schwenk about human and animal diversity<br><br>
 +
<br><br>
 +
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''USEFUL LINKS'''</h2>
 +
<br>
 +
'''Vertebrate Diversity'''
  
:Final assessment week for fall 2012 takes place from Monday, December 10th through Sunday, December 16th. Students are required to be available for their exam and/or complete an assessment during the time stated in the Registrar's Office Schedule. If you have a conflict with this time you must visit the Office of Student Services and Advocacy to discuss the possibility of rescheduling this assessment.<br><br>
+
[http://tolweb.org/tree/phylogeny.html 'Tree of Life' website]
 +
<br>
 +
[http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu University of Michigan research collections - many pics of skulls, etc.]
 +
<br><br>
  
:NEW THIS YEAR—OSSA is REQUIRING that '''students who have a conflict about which they have or should have had advanced notice''' (bunched, religious obligation, legal/medical appointments…) '''MUST seek permission to reschedule their assessment NO LATER THAN November 30th. '''<br><br>
+
'''Agnathans'''
  
:Please note that vacations, previously purchased tickets or reservations, graduations, social events, misreading the assessment schedule and over-sleeping are not viable excuses for missing a final assessment. If you think that your situation warrants permission to reschedule, please contact the Office of Student Services and Advocacy (2nd floor Wilbur Cross) to meet with a staff member.
+
[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s1.mov Hagfish extreme slime clogs predator gills, hagfish always escapes]
 +
<br>
 +
[http://www.nature.com/srep/2011/111027/srep00131/extref/srep00131-s2.mov Active predation by hagfish!]
 
<br><br>
 
<br><br>
  
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''COURSE DOWNLOADS'''</h2>
+
'''Chondrichthyes'''
<br>'''''CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT'''''
+
<br><BR>
+
  
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Course_Info_12.pdf}}  FALL 2012 COURSE INFORMATION SHEET<br>
+
[http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/ex1304/logs/july14/media/rhino-video.html Amazing deep ocean video of a living chimaera!]
 +
<br><br>
  
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_LectureSchedule_12.pdf}}  FALL 2012 LECTURE SCHEDULE<br>
+
'''Cat Dissections'''
  
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Lab_Schedule_12.pdf}}  FALL 2012 LAB SCHEDULE<br>
+
[http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/ Virtual cat dissection]
 
+
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/12-13_AcademicCalender.pdf}}  OFFICIAL UCONN 2012-2013 ACADEMIC CALENDAR<br>
+
 
+
{{pdf|http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/people/schwenk/3273_Homology_Venn_Diagrama.pdf}}  STUDY AID FOR HOMOLOGY, ANALOGY AND PHENOTYPIC SIMILARITY (DOWNLOAD PDF)<br>
+
<br><br><br>
+
 
+
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">'''LINKS TO BILL'S DISSECTION VIDEOS'''</h2>
+
 
<br>
 
<br>
''FORTHCOMING''
+
[http://homes.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/musc/muscular.htm Cat muscle dissection with self-quiz]
<br><br><br><br>
+
<h2 style="margin:0;background-color:#FFCC00;font-size:150%;font-weight:bold;border:1px solid #a3bfb1;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">''OTHER RELATED 'LINKS'''</h2>
+
 
<br>
 
<br>
'''Cat Dissections'''
+
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QASopmay004 Cat circulatory system dissection]
 
+
[http://bio.bd.psu.edu/cat/ Virtual Cat Dissection]
+
<br>
+
[http://homes.bio.psu.edu/people/faculty/strauss/anatomy/musc/muscular.htm Cat Muscle Dissection with Self Quiz]
+
 
+
 
<br>
 
<br>
 +
[http://pnbfiles.uconn.edu/PNB_Base/catlas/index.html UConn PNB ''Catlas'']
 +
<br><br>
  
 
'''Feeding'''
 
'''Feeding'''
Line 107: Line 72:
 
[http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/video-08c.html Shark feeding]
 
[http://www.arkive.org/blue-shark/prionace-glauca/video-08c.html Shark feeding]
 
<br>
 
<br>
[http://debanlab.org/movies/l Stephen Deban's incredible salamander, frog and chameleon feeding videos]
+
[http://debanlab.org/movies/l Steve Deban's incredible salamander, frog and chameleon feeding videos]
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZwggWN_WY Python feeding]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDZwggWN_WY Python feeding]
Line 116: Line 81:
 
<br>
 
<br>
 
[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/pangolin.html Pangolin feeding]
 
[http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/animals/mammals-animals/other-mammals/pangolin.html Pangolin feeding]
 
+
<br>
 +
[http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/video/sneaky-leopard-takes-down-impala/1jrekoqke?q=Leopard&rel=msn&from=en-us_msnhp&form=msnrll Hidden leopard attacks impala]
 +
<br><br>
  
 
'''Locomotion'''
 
'''Locomotion'''
Line 129: Line 96:
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_wTk4Eaq8 Crocodile swimming]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IA_wTk4Eaq8 Crocodile swimming]
<br/>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_Qmi8MP5uI Crocodile galloping]
 
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl82AtZDOTE Armadillo gathering grass]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nl82AtZDOTE Armadillo gathering grass]
Line 137: Line 102:
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo shnuffling]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhBNvaVuNZk Armadillo shnuffling]
 +
<br/>
 +
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnOSHgC4NEM&feature=youtu.be Armadillo digging]
 
<br/>
 
<br/>
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtA17Ctpe8 Cheetah animated model]
 
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvtA17Ctpe8 Cheetah animated model]

Latest revision as of 23:42, 29 August 2020

FALL 2020 (EEB 3273)

Owen's vertebrate archetype

Fall 2010 class in the lab



INSTRUCTOR


Kurt2RacersAtFenton4 10sm.jpg
SchwenkPortrait7 08sm.jpg


Kurt Schwenk, Ph.D., Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Office: Torrey Life Science 360
Lab: TLS 365
Voice: 860-486-0351
Lab phone: 860-486-4158
Fax: 860-486-6364
Email: kurt.schwenk@uconn.edu
Dr. Schwenk's web page









TEACHING ASSISTANT


ChristianPolonia.jpg

Name: Christian Polonia
Office/Lab: PBB 317/319 (Bolnick Lab)
Office hours: By appointment
Email: christian.polonia@uconn.edu










COURSE DOWNLOADS


CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT

LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS



Pdficon small.gif Aristotle's Ghost, essay by Dr. Schwenk about human and animal diversity



USEFUL LINKS


Vertebrate Diversity

'Tree of Life' website
University of Michigan research collections - many pics of skulls, etc.

Agnathans

Hagfish extreme slime clogs predator gills, hagfish always escapes
Active predation by hagfish!

Chondrichthyes

Amazing deep ocean video of a living chimaera!

Cat Dissections

Virtual cat dissection
Cat muscle dissection with self-quiz
Cat circulatory system dissection
UConn PNB Catlas

Feeding

Shark feeding
Steve Deban's incredible salamander, frog and chameleon feeding videos
Python feeding
Crocodile feeding
Giraffe feeding - lingual prehension of Acacia leaves
Pangolin feeding
Hidden leopard attacks impala

Locomotion

Bruce Jayne's videos of snake and lizard (and other) locomotion!
Snake locomotion
Turtle locomotion & breathing
Turtle/Tortoise walking—note it always has 3 feet on the ground for stability
Crocodile swimming
Armadillo gathering grass
Armadillo locomotion
Armadillo shnuffling
Armadillo digging
Cheetah animated model
Baboon locomotion
Horse locomotion
Kangaroo locomotion