Vocabulary Flashcards

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Metazoan

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a zoological group comprising the multicellular animals.

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Protozoan

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Any of numerous chiefly single-celled eukaryotic organisms, most of which move about freely and ingest food, including the amoebas, ciliates, flagellates, and apicomplexans. Protozoans along with certain algae, oomycetes, and some other groups make up the protists.

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3
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Radial Symmetry

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part of an organism in which a vertical cut through the axis in any of two or more planes produces two halves that are mirror images of each other

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4
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blastula

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hollow ball of cells

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5
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blastopore

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indentation in hallow ball of cells

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6
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euocoelomate

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lined cavity (humans have this)

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acoelomate

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no coelom, no body cavity (flat worms have this)

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8
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pseudoceolomate

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have cavity, not lined (round worms)

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9
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Eucoelomate

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Any of the animals with “true” coelom, which is characterized by a body cavity completely lined with a peritoneum that attaches to organs

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10
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deuterostomes

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all cells are identical, if separated all parts will become new individual (identical twins)

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11
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protostomes

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cells are pre-programmed developmental fate is fixed, cannot separate and survive

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12
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frontal plane

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divides into dorsal and ventral halves

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13
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transverse

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divides into dorsal and ventral halves

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14
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sagittal

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divides into anterior and posterior halves

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15
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bilateral symmetry

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divided into two mirrored haves

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16
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anterior

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head end

17
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posterior

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tail end

18
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cephalic

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toward head

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caudal

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toward tail

20
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dorsal

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back

21
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ventral

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belly

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medial

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middle

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lateral

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side

24
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distal

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part away from trunk

25
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proximal

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part close to trunk