Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

  1. The Urogenital System
    1. The Urinary System
      1. Kidney Structure and Function
        1. Nephron Structure
          1. Glomerulus
            1. Tubules
              1. Collecting Duct
              2. Filtration Process
                1. Reabsorption Process
                  1. Secretion Process
                  2. Embryonic Development of the Kidney
                    1. Pronephros
                      1. Structure
                        1. Function
                          1. Occurrence
                          2. Mesonephros
                            1. Structure
                              1. Function
                                1. Occurrence
                                2. Metanephros
                                  1. Structure
                                    1. Function
                                      1. Occurrence
                                    2. Osmoregulation and Water Balance
                                      1. Strategies in Aquatic Vertebrates
                                        1. Freshwater Adaptations
                                          1. Marine Adaptations
                                          2. Strategies in Terrestrial Vertebrates
                                            1. Water Conservation
                                              1. Concentration Mechanisms
                                            2. Excretion of Nitrogenous Wastes
                                              1. Ammonia
                                                1. Toxicity
                                                  1. Aquatic Excretion
                                                  2. Urea
                                                    1. Synthesis
                                                      1. Terrestrial Adaptation
                                                      2. Uric Acid
                                                        1. Water Conservation
                                                          1. Reptiles and Birds
                                                      3. The Reproductive System
                                                        1. Reproductive Strategies
                                                          1. Oviparity
                                                            1. Egg-laying
                                                              1. External Development
                                                              2. Viviparity
                                                                1. Live Birth
                                                                  1. Internal Development
                                                                  2. Ovoviviparity
                                                                    1. Egg Retention
                                                                      1. Internal Hatching
                                                                    2. Gonads
                                                                      1. Ovary
                                                                        1. Structure
                                                                          1. Function
                                                                            1. Hormone Production
                                                                            2. Testis
                                                                              1. Structure
                                                                                1. Function
                                                                                  1. Hormone Production
                                                                                2. Genital Ducts
                                                                                  1. Male Ducts
                                                                                    1. Archinephric Duct
                                                                                      1. Vas Deferens
                                                                                      2. Female Ducts
                                                                                        1. Müllerian Duct
                                                                                          1. Oviduct
                                                                                        2. Cloaca and External Genitalia
                                                                                          1. Structure
                                                                                            1. Variation Among Groups
                                                                                              1. Functional Adaptations
                                                                                              2. Comparative Reproductive Anatomy
                                                                                                1. Internal Fertilization
                                                                                                  1. Adaptations
                                                                                                  2. External Fertilization
                                                                                                    1. Mechanisms
                                                                                                    2. Secondary Sexual Characteristics
                                                                                                      1. Structural Differences
                                                                                                        1. Behavioral Adaptations

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