innverterbrate Flashcards

(21 cards)

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vertabrains

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an animale with a backbone

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Invertebrates

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no backbones

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Consumer

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refers to an organism, typically an animal, that feeds on other animals or plants

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Ganglion

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A noncancerous lump, often on the tendons or joints of wrists and hands

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5
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Gut

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the digestive tract

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6
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Coelom

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the body cavity in metazoans

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Bilateral Symmetry

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the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane

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Radial Symmetry

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symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower

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Asymmetry

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lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something

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10
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Sponges

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Sponges are the basalmost clade of animals of the phylum Porifera

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Cnidarians

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Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic environments: they are predominantly marine species

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Flatworms

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The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, Plathelminthes, or platyhelminths are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates

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Roundworms

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The nematodes /ˈnɛmətoʊdz/ or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environments

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14
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Open circulatory system

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a few invertebrates, have a closed

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Closed circulatory system

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Vertebrates, and a few invertebrates, have a closed circulatory system. Closed circulatory systems have the blood closed at all times within vessels of different size

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16
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Annelid worms

17
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Exoskeleton

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is the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal’s body, in contrast to the internal skeleton (endoskeleton) of, for example, a human. In usage, some of the larger kinds of exoskeletons are known as “shells

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Compound eye

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an eye consisting of an array of numerous small visual units, as found in insects and crustaceans

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Metamorphosis

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Also called transformation. A change in the form and often habits of an animal during normal development after the embryonic stage. Metamorphosis includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog

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Endoskeleton

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an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates

21
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Water vascular system

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by echinoderms, such as sea stars and sea urchins, for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration. The system is composed of canals connecting numerous tube feet