Fish Dissection

Image from:
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/trimethylamine/fish.gif

NOTOCHORD
Notochord:
flexible rod
Helps organize
developing cells in
embryo
Replaced by spinal cord
in most vertebrates
http://www.xenbase.org/xmmr/Marker_pages/notochord/Tor70stg22.jpg

DORSAL NERVE CORD

Spinal cord forms along dorsal side

Images from:
http://www.nvo.com/jin/nssfolder/scrapbookanatomy/dorsal%20nerve%20cord.jpg
http://www.ekinos.com.ar/horse.jpg

PHARYNGEAL POUCHES
Become gills in
some
vertebrates
Become back of
throat and
inner ears in
humans

http://www-biol.paisley.ac.uk/courses/Tatner/biomedia/subunits/notoc.htm

POST ANAL TAIL

Human Embryo
32 days old
http://www.evcforum.net/RefLib/EvidencesMacroevolution2_files/human_embryo.jpg

Pharyngeal arches
appear during 4th week.
Tail disappears at
approximately 8 weeks

CHORDATES:
NOTOCHORD
PHARYNGEAL POUCHES
POST ANAL TAIL
DORSAL NERVE CORD
VERTEBRATES:
ALL CHORDATE CHARACTERISTICS PLUS:
Bones or cartilage around a dorsal nerve cord
Cranium (skull) to protect brain
Endoskeleton made of bone or cartilage
Closed circulatory system
Ventral heart

There are over 30,000 species of fish

http://t3.preservice.org/T0210463/images/fish-chart.jpg

Images from:
http://www.eslkidstuff.com/images/shark.gif
http://www.miamisci.org/oceans/coralreef/predators/mantaray.gif
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BioBK/comparison.gif
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/trimethylamine/fish.gif

Ray-finned
have spines in fins
(no bones)
Lobe-finned
Have short stubby limbs;
bones in fins

Images from:
http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BioBK/comparison.gif
http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/trimethylamine/fish.gif

Coelocanth

Lobe fin fish

Australian lung fish

http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/2007/12/results_of_our_weekly_readers.ph
http://www.fishingfury.com/20080612/the-oldest-living-fish/
http://www.nicerweb.com/sketches/video/BBC-LifeOnEarth/2.6_InvasionOfTheLand/LOBE-FIN.JPG

RAYS- Thin spines in fins

LOBE FINNED FISH

are believed to be ancestors to
amphibians

Scientists believe
other vertebrates
evolved from BONY
LOBE-FINNED fish

BONY FISH

CHARACTERISTICS
Endoskeleton of bone
Scales & fins
Lungs or swim bladder

ENDOSKELETON

FISH

LATIN meaning

ANIMALIA
KINGDOM _____________
CHORDATA
PHYLUM ____________________________
VERTEBRATA backbone
SUBPHYLUM ___________________________
CLASS

OSTEICHTHYES
bony
fish
_______________________________

DORSAL
POSTERIOR

ANTERIOR

VENTRAL
CEPHALIZATION
BILATERAL SYMMETRY

Integumentary

Scalesdecrease water resistance

protection
growth rings increase with age

Coloration-darker on top/lighter on bottom

Body Shape-streamlined
RAYS- protection from predators

OPERCULUM

Water goes in through mouth

out through slit behind operculum

Nostrils-dead end pockets

smell-important
Eye-no eyelid
Mouth-teeth dont chew
Ears- not external

Anterior Dorsal
Posterior Dorsal
Pectoral

Caudal
Pelvic

Anal

LATERAL LINE
http://www.flushing.k12.mi.us/srhigh/tippettl/biology/perch/index.html

Senses vibrations & water pressure

ANUS exit for digestive waste

UROGENITAL OPENING (PORE)
exit for urine & eggs or sperm

INTERNAL
STRUCTURES

RESPIRATORY
Gill Arch

Gill
Filaments

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW

Diagram by Riedell

COUNTERCURRENT FLOW

GAS EXCHANGE IN GILLS

FUNCTIONS OF GILLS
1. Gas exchange
2. Excrete Nitrogen waste as
ammonia
3. OSMOREGULATION
regulate ion/water balance

HYPER, HYPO, ISOTONIC?

Image from: http://www.agriteach.com/lessonfiles/sample/perchdissect.ppt

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

OVARY-makes eggs

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

TESTES-make sperm

REPRODUCTION
MOST FISH HAVE:
EXTERNAL FERTILIZATION
DIRECT DEVELOPMENT

BABY FISH = fry

http://www.arthursclipart.org/biologya/biology/fish%20spawning.gif

SWIM BLADDER
controls buoyancy

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

LIVER
& improved digestive gland

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

 LIVER (improved digestive gland)

Makes bile used by intestine
Stores glycogen
Stores vitamins
(especially oil soluble ones- A & D)
Processes TOXINS for removal
by excretory system
(including nitrogen waste made by cells)

GALL BLADDER
Stores bile made by liver

DIGESTIVE SYSTEM

Diagram by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

STOMACH
Cardiac & Pyloric

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

STOMACH
1. Add acid and digestive juices
2. Starts digestion
3. Grind and mash food

INTESTINE
1. First section receives bile from liver
(called DUODENUM)
2. Finishes digestion
3. Absorbs nutrients
4. Collect and remove digestive waste
Finger-like extensions inside (VILLI)
increase surface area for greater absorption of nutrients

INTESTINE

VILLI

Tiny finger-like extensions inside

intestine increase surface area for
greater absorption of nutrients

http://neuromedia.neurobio.ucla.edu/campbell/epithelium/wp_images/107%20villi.jpg

PYLORIC CAECA
Contain microorganisms (bacteria) to break down
plant material

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

DUODENUM
Receives bile from liver

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

PANCREAS
(Digestive & Endocrine functions)
1. MAKES TRYPSIN for intestine
(digests proteins)
2. MAKES 2 hormones
to regulate blood sugar
INSULIN
(cells take up & store glucose)
GLUCAGON
(cells release stored glucose to blood)

Diagram by Riedell

Diagram by Riedell

HEART

Atrium receives blood from Sinus venosus

Ventricle pumping chamber
Conus arteriosus-smoothes flow of blood out of heart

2 CHAMBER HEART
1 LOOP system

SINGLE loop
CLOSED circulation

http://faculty.clintoncc.suny.edu/faculty/Michael.Gregory/files/Bio%20102/Bio%20102%20lectures/Animal%20Diversity/Deuterostomes/echinode.htm

 ARTERIES carry blood

AWAY from the heart
Capillaries connect
arteries and veins
(gas exchange occurs here)
VEINS carry blood
returning to the heart
http://www.fotosearch.com/bthumb/LIF/LIF152/CAR09003.jpg

SPLEENProduces new RBCs

Processes & destroys old worn out RBCs
Stores RBCs for release when needed

Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

KIDNEY

Collects and removes nitrogen waste (ammonia)

Osmoregulation maintain water/ion balance
Image by Riedell/Vanderwal2005

URINARY BLADDER
Stores urine made by kidneys
SWIM (Air) BLADDER
Receives gases from bloodstream
Controls buoyancy
GALL BLADDER
Stores bile made by liver

UROGENITAL PORE
shared by excretory & reproductive systems
Diagram by Riedell

ANUS for digestive waste

BRAIN

Image modified from:

http://www.flushing.k12.mi.us/srhigh/tippettl/biology/perch/index.html

BRAIN

OPTIC TECTUM
Receives and processes info from
visual, auditory (hearing) , and lateral line system

BRAIN

CEREBRUM
controls higher thinking
(memory, learning, reasoning, problem solving)
integrates info from other brain parts

BRAIN

OLFACTORY
BULBS
Smell

BRAIN

OLFACTORY NERVES
Smell

BRAIN

CEREBELLUM
Motor (muscle) coordination
Balance

BRAIN

MEDULLA
OBLONGATA
Relay center for sensory info from body
Controls Autonomic body organs