Comparative Anatomy investigates the result of evolutive and adapted processes during Vertebrate history to understand the Anatomy of this natural group.
Innovations and origin of Vertebrates. Overview of classification and evolution of major groups of Vertebrates. The skin and its derivatives. The skeleton - morphogenesis of the skull - basic components of the Vertebrate skull, phylogeny of the skull - embryogeny of vertebrae. The nervous system: -general organization of the nervous system - the spinal cord - the brain - the spinal nerves and the cranial nerves - the autonomic nervous system. Morphogenesis and adaptations of the circulatory and the urogenital systems.