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Revision as of 22:02, 2 December 2014
Contents
FALL 2014 (EEB 3273)
INSTRUCTOR
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
Name: Jeff Divino, Doctoral Candidate
Office/Lab: BioPharm 210A
Voice: 860-486-4694
Email: jeffrey.divino@uconn.edu
TEXTBOOKS
- BOOK ONE:
Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective
Liem, Bemis, Walker, Grande
Hardcover: 784 pages
Publisher: Cengage Learning; 3rd edition (December 18, 2000)
ISBN-10: 0030223695
ISBN-13: 978-0030223693
- BOOK TWO:
Vertebrate Dissection
Homberger, Walker
Spiral-bound: 480 pages
Publisher: Cengage Learning; 9 edition (April 29, 2003)
ISBN-10: 0030225221
ISBN-13: 978-0030225222
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- LAB 9 HANDOUT (shark and cat digestive system) IS NOW POSTED BELOW (11/3/14)
- LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS ARE NOW POSTED BELOW (11/2/14); LIST 3 HAD AN ERROR THAT IS NOW CORRECTED (as of 9:30 pm Monday night, 11/3/14)
- HANDOUTS FOR LABS 7 and 8 POSTED BELOW (CAT MUSCULATURE/BIOMECHANICS) (10/31/14)
- HANDOUT FOR LAB 6 (SHARK MUSCULATURE) POSTED BELOW (10/7/14)
- LECTURE 1 SAMPLE QUESTION ANSWERS ARE NOT POSTED BELOW (10/1/14, 7:15 pm)
- REVISED VOCABULARY LISTS FOR LECTURE EXAM 1 ARE NOW POSTED BELOW (10/1/14, 6:25 pm)
- LECTURE 1 EXAM SAMPLE QUESTIONS POSTED BELOW (9/28/14). Note that answers will be posted later
- LAB SCHEDULE, INCLUDING LAB PRACTICAL INFO, POSTED BELOW
- LAB 4-5 HANDOUT POSTED FOR DOWNLOAD BELOW
- STUDY AID—embryology/early development picture files posted below
- Essay by Dr. Schwenk on human and animal diversity is posted for download, below. Reading is optional.
COURSE DOWNLOADS
CLICK ON PDF SYMBOL TO DOWNLOAD HANDOUT
Course Information
Fall 2014 Lab Schedule (Final Revision 12/2/14)
Picture Files
LECTURE EXAM 1 PICTURE FILES
Pictures related to embryology/early development
- Same as above, but a PowerPoint file so you can add your own labels, etc.
Pictures related to connective tissues, and development and evolution of the head skeleton
- Same as above, but a PowerPoint file
Sample Exam Questions
Lecture Exam 1 Sample questions only
Lecture Exam 1, ANSWERS to sample questions (in red)
Scientific and Other Papers
Aristotle's Ghost, essay by Dr. Schwenk about human and animal diversity
Lab Handouts
Laboratory 1 (Chordate Diversity)
Laboratories 2-3 (Axial and Appendicular Skeleton)
Laboratories 4-5 (The Head Skeleton)
Laboratory 6 (Shark Musculature)
Laboratory 7 (Cat Musculature)
Laboratory 8 (Biomechanics of Locomotion and Feeding)
Laboratory 9 (Visceral Organs—Digestive System)
Laboratory 10 (Brain and Central Nervous System)
Laboratory 11 (Circulatory and Urogenital Systems)
Vocabulary Lists
LECTURE EXAM 1 VOCABULARY LISTS
LECTURE EXAM 2 VOCABULARY LISTS
LECTURE EXAM 3 VOCABULARY LISTS
LINKS
Comparative Anatomy Facebook Page
Facebook group for Comparative Anatomy Lab
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