Invertebrates Flashcards
(23 cards)
Vertebrates
Back boned animals
Invertebrates
Non-Back boned animals
Consumer
animal that eats food
Ganglion
a giant mass of nerve cells
Gut
the place where food goes to be digested
Coelom
the body cavity
Bilateral Symmetry
divisible into symmetrical halves
Radial Symmetry
symmetry around a radial axis
Asymmetry
lack of equality
Sponges
The simplest being
Cnidarians
phylum under Kingdom Animalia
Flatworms
a worm
Roundworms
a worm
Mollusks
a large phylum
Open circulatory system
pump blood into a hemocoel
Closed circulatory system
blood closed
Annelid worms
a large phylum
Exoskeleton
external skeleton
Compound eye
an eye with an array
Antenna
long, thin sensory appendages
Metamorphosis
the process of transformation
Endoskeleton
internal skeleton
Water vascular system
a network of water vessels