title: Functional Anatomy of the Vertebrates: An Evolutionary Perspective
author: Karel Liem
description: Warren F. Walker, Jr., is Emeritus Professor at Oberlin College, where he taught for 38 years after taking a Harvard doctorate. Well known for his articles on reptile anatomy and locomotion, Dr. Walker is the author of seven laboratory manuals and textbooks published in over 30 editions and in several translations. In addition to being the coauthor of Vertebrate Dissection, Dr. Walker is also coauthor of the Brooks/Cole title FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY OF THE VERTEBRATES, Third Edition by Liem/Bemis/Walker/Grande.
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  It had the humanoid shape common to many intelligent xenos, but its four limbs
  and head made up the totality of its resemblance to a human being. The inner
  layers of its skin were bioluminescent, while the outer layers formed black
  flaps and ridges running along the front of its head and body. From the back
  of its torso and limbs hung thousands of half-metre-long cilia, quivering
  tendrils that, it was surmised, propelled it through the oceans of its home
  world much like the flagellae of single-celled Terran organisms. Its strange
  gnarled skin created hundreds of gills all over it, and gaseous respiration
  was achieved through twin pulsing air sacs in its throat.
  
  It had no eyes. Its sensory input came from the pits along its arms and legs,
  which absorbed scents from its surroundings. It therefore knew exactly what
  was going on around it. It knew it was a prisoner.
  
  The Imperial Fists had shackled the xenos in a drop-pod. The drop-pod stood in
  the centre of