The vertebrate body / Alfred Sherwood Romer.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Bombay : Vakils, Feffer and Simons Pvt. Ltd., 1962.Edition: 3rd edDescription: viii, 627 p. : col. ill. 26 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 596.04 ROM
Contents:
The vertebrate pedigree -- Who's among the vertebrates -- Cells and tissues -- The early development of vertebrates -- The skin. Supporting tissues -- The skeleton -- The skull -- Muscular system -- Body cavities -- Mouth and pharynx : teeth, respiratory organs -- Digestive system -- Excretory and reproductive systems -- Circulatory system. Sense organs -- The nervous system -- Endocrine organs.
Summary: This work is designed to give, in brief form, a his tory of the vertebrate body. Basic will be a comparative study of vertebrate structures: the domain of comparative anatomy. This is in itself an interesting and not unprofitable discipline. Of broader import, however, is the fact that the structural modifications witnessed are concerned with functional changes undergone by the vertebrates changes correlated with the varied environments and modes of life found in the course of their long and eventful history. The evolutionary story of the vertebrates is better known than that of any other animal group, and vertebrate his tory affords excellent illustrations of many general biologic principles. Knowledge of vertebrate structure is of practical value to workers in many fields of animal bi ology. To the future medical student such a study gives a broader understanding of the nature of the one specific animal type on which his later studies will be concentrated.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The vertebrate pedigree --
Who's among the vertebrates --
Cells and tissues --
The early development of vertebrates --
The skin. Supporting tissues --
The skeleton --
The skull --
Muscular system --
Body cavities --
Mouth and pharynx : teeth, respiratory organs --
Digestive system --
Excretory and reproductive systems --
Circulatory system. Sense organs --
The nervous system --
Endocrine organs.

This work is designed to give, in brief form, a his tory of the vertebrate body. Basic will be a comparative study of vertebrate structures: the domain of comparative anatomy. This is in itself an interesting and not unprofitable discipline. Of broader import, however, is the fact that the structural modifications witnessed are concerned with functional changes undergone by the vertebrates changes correlated with the varied environments and modes of life found in the course of their long and eventful history. The evolutionary story of the vertebrates is better known than that of any other animal group, and vertebrate his tory affords excellent illustrations of many general biologic principles. Knowledge of vertebrate structure is of practical value to workers in many fields of animal bi ology. To the future medical student such a study gives a broader understanding of the nature of the one specific animal type on which his later studies will be concentrated.

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