Invertabrates Flashcards
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Invertebrate
Animal with no backbone
Exoskeleton
Rigid external covering
Endoskeleton
internal skeleton
Vertebrate
posession of backbone
Hermaphrodite
both F and M sex organs
Internal Fertilization
Egg and Sperm, sexual
External Fertilization
Sperm and egg touch on outside of body
Radial Symmetry
Symmetry around central axis, starfish
Bilateral Symmetry
divisible into equal halves
Cephalization
`An evolutionary trend
Coelom
a protective cushion thats filled with fluid
Pseudocoelom
a second body cavity
Acoelomate
an invertabrate lacking a coelom
Protosome
mouth before anus in development
Deuterostome
anus before mouth in development
Sessile
Organisms that are usually attached to something
Cnidocytes
Help organisms catch prey
Ganglion
a big clump of nerve tissues
Regeneration
process of renewal restoration
Hydrostatic Skeleton
flexible skeleton supported by fluid structure
Trichinosis
worms caused by under cooked pork
Open circulatory system
blood suffuses the body rather than being in veins and arteries
Closed circulatory system
Blood that runs through veins and arteries
Crop
tract used for food storage