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Kardong, Kenneth V.

Vertebrates : comparative anatomy, function, evolution / Kenneth V. Kardong. - Second edition - Boston, Massachusetts : WCB/McGraw-Hill, c1998. - xviii, 747 pages. : illustrations ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Chapter one Introduction -- Chapter two Origin of chordates -- Chapter three The vertebrate story -- Chapter four Biological design -- Chapter five Life history -- Chapter six Integument -- Chapter seven Skeletal systems: the skull -- Chapter eight Skeletal system: the axial skeleton -- Chapter nine Skeletal system: the appendicular skeleton -- Chapter ten The muscular system -- Chapter eleven The respiratory system -- Chapter thirteen The digestive system -- Chapter fourteen The urogenital system -- Chapter fifteen The endocrine system -- Chapter sixteen The nervous system -- Chapter seventeen Sensory organs -- Chapter eighteen Conclusion


English

ISBN: 0071187723 [paperback]

LCCN: 97008400

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Vertebrates--Anatomy.
Vertebrates--Physiology.
Anatomy, Comparative.
Vertebrates--Evolution.

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