exam 3 Flashcards
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invertebrate
animals that lack backbone
sponge
lack true tissues and organs
basal animal
radial symmetry body plans
suspension feeder
captures food particles suspended in water by passing thru body
spongocoel
water drawn thru pores into here
osculum
water leaves through this opening
choanocytes
flagellated collar cells that create current thru sponge to ingest food
mesohyl
noncellular layer between two cell layers
amoebocytes
found in mesohyl and play role in digestion and structure
hermaphrodite
functions as both male and female
cnidarians
animals with true tissues
gastrovascular cavity
a central digestive compartment
polyp
sessile
medusa
motile
cnidocyte
unique cells that functioning defense to capture prey, “stinging”
nematocyst
specialized organelles within cnidocytes that eject a stinging thread
cnidarian classes
Hydrozoa, Scyphozoa, Cubozoa, Anthozoa
hydrozoan life cycle
scyphozoan
jellies, medusa phase is prevalent form in life cycle
cubozoan
box jellies and sea wasps, box-shaped with complex eyes, and highly toxic cnidocytes
anthozoan
corals and anemones, only occur as polyps
lophotrochozoan
develop lophophore for feeding
ex. flatworms, brachiopods, mollusks, annelids
platyhelminthes
flatworms, triploblastic acoelomates, gas exchange thru surface
protonephiridia
regulates osmotic balance in flatworms