Lecture 17 Flashcards
Name 4 important things about animals:
- Eukaryotic cells (*no CW)
- Multicellular
- Heterotrophic
- Reproduce sexually
Are animals motile?
YES
Thanks to the nervous and muscle tissue unique to animals, what do they allow animals to do?
- respond quickly and appropriately to changes in the environment
Name all 3 types of body symmetry:
1) Asymmetry
2) Radial symmetry
3) Bilateral symmetry
What is Asymmetry?
body that cannot be divided into
symmetrical body parts (not symmetrical)
Give an example of Asymmetry:
Sponges
What is Radial symmetry?
any cut along the central body axis
results in similar halves (like cutting a pie)
Give an example of Radial symmetry:
Jellyfish
What is Bilateral Symmetry?
only one cut along one plane (2 mirror-image halves)
Give an example of Bilateral symmetry:
Lizard, cow, …
Can animal make their own food?
NO
What does this mean?
Animals are Heterotrophic
What does Heterotrophic mean?
need to ingest food
What is the purpose of digestion?
to break down edible organic nutrients
Name the 2 ways of digestion:
- Intracellular digestion
- Extracellular digestion
Which one occurs INSIDE cells
Intracellular digestion
What does Intracellular digestion consist of? (involves the creation of what?)
involves the creation of FOOD VACUOLES
How are food vacuoles made? (what process)
trough phagocytosis
How are the food vacuoles broken down?
breakdown via hydrolytic enzymes in lysosomes
Intracellular digestion is only found in WHAT?
the sponges
What is extracellular digestion then?
Breakdown of food OUTSIDE cells
Where does extracellular digestion take place?
in a compartment that is continuous with the outside of the animal’s body
What is this continuous compartment with outside of body for humans?
the digestive tract in humans
Where is there most of the absorption happening? + and via what blood vessel
Absorption of food via capillaries in
small intestine