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Radial symmetry

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Body is shaped like a pie or barrel and can be divided into mirror imaged halves by any plane through its central axis

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Bilateral symmetry

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Central longitudinal plane divides the body into two equal but opposite halves

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Cephalization

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Evolutionary trend towards the concentration of sensory equipment at the anterior end of the body

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Blastula

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Hollow ball of cells that marks the end of the cleavage stage during early embryonic development in animals

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Ectoderm

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The outermost of the three primary germ layers in animal embryos. Gives rise to skin, nerves

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Endoderm

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Innermost of the three primary germ layers. Gives rise to gut lining

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Mesoderm

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Middle primary germ layer in a triploblastic animal embryo. Gives rise to muscle, skeleton, circulatory system. Develops into notochord

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Gastrula

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Embryonic stage in animal development encompassing the formation of three layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm

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Determinate cleavage

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Embryonic development in protostomes that casts the fate of each embryonic cell very early

Cell types fixed early

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Indeterminate cleavage

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Early embryo cells can each form a complete organism

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Epidermis

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Outermost layer of cells in an animal

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Suspension feeder

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Aquatic animal such as sponge that feeds by sifting small organisms or food particles from water

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Polyp

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Sessile variant of the cnidarian body plan

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Medusa

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Floating, flattened, mouth-down version of cnidarian body plan

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Gastrodermis

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Stomach skin layer, lines gastrovascular cavity

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Diploblastic

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2 tissue layer (ectoderm &; endoderm, no mesoderm)

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Cnidocytes

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Stinging cells

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Protonephridia

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An excretory system, such as flame bulb system of flatworms, consisting of a network of tubules lacking internal openings
Simple organ for proper dilution

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Septae

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Segmented dividers

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Ingestion

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First stage of food processing in animals

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Nephron

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Tubular excretory unit of vertebrate kidney

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Mantle

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Surrounds visceral mass, secretes shell

One of three parts of mollusc

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Visceral mass

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Contains organs

Part of mollusc

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Foot

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For movement

Part of mollusc

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Cuticle
External coat of nematodes and Arthropods
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Molting
A process in which the exoskeleton is shed at intervals, allowing growth by the production of a larger exoskeleton
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Entomopathogenic
(Insect disease causing) nematodes attack plant eating insects, helping crops
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Temperate
Moderate, not extremely cold or extremely hot
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Tracheal system of Arthropods
Branching air tubes via openings on lateral abdomen, thorax
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Chelicera
One of a pair of claw like feeding appendages, inject venom
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Isopod
Member of crustaceans, pill bugs or wood lice
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Metamorphosis
A developmental transformation that turns an animal larva into either an adult or an adult like stage that is not yet sexually mature
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Incomplete metamorphosis
A type of development in certain insects in which the young resemble adults but are smaller and have different body proportions
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Water vascular system
Use sea water instead of blood for gas exchange; oxygen in, CO2 out
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Echinoderm
A slow moving or sessile marine deuterostome with a water vascular system and in larvae bilateral symmetry. Include sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers
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Invertebrate
Animal with out backbone. Make up 95% of animal species
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Notochord
Semirigid rod along length of body in embryo of chordate. Runs along dorsal part of body
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Neural tube
Dorsal hollow nerve cord
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Pharyngeal slit
In chordate embryo, one of the slits that form from the pharyngeal clefts and communicate to the outside. Later develop into gill slits in many vertebrae
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Lancelet
Member of the clade cephalochordata, basal, invertebrate chordate
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Hagfish
Chordate that lacks a backbone
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Lamprey
Vertebrate that lacks jaws
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Gnathostomes
Vertebrates with jaws
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Tetrapods
Vertebrates with 4 limbs
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Amphibians
Vertebrates with limbs but not amniotic eggs
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Amniotes
Member of a clade of tetrapods named for key derived character, the amniotic egg, which contain specialized membranes, including fluid filled amnion that protect the embryo. Includes reptiles, mammals and birds
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Extraembryonic
Outside of embryo
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Amnion
Contains embryo and fluid to protect against shocks
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Yolk sac
Contains nutrients that are transported to the embryo
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Allantois
Waste receptacle
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Chorion
Gas exchange
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Lateral line system
Pits with sensory hairs detect changes in water pressure
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Oviparous
Type of development in which young hatch from eggs laid outside the mothers body
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Ovoviviparous
Eggs remain in oviduct, fed by yolk, then hatch and released
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Viviparous
Young develop in females uterus, receive nourishment from mothers uterine blood or placenta
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Swim bladder
An air sac that enables the animal to control its buoyancy in water
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External fertilization
The fusion of gametes that parents have discharged into the environment
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Internal fertilization
The fusion of eggs and sperm within the female reproductive tract. Sperm is usually deposited in or near tract
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Ectothermic
Referring to organisms for which external sources provide most of heat for temperature regulation
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Extant
Exist
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Transitional fossil
Fossilized remains that exhibit traits common to both an ancestral and derived descendent groups
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Gizzard
Muscular grinder in gut
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Endothermic (homeothermic)
Heat generated by own metabolism
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Mammary gland
Secretes milk, characteristic of mammals
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Diaphragm
Sheets of muscle between thorax and abdomen
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Secondary palate
Separates food and air paths, prey in mouth and still breath, chew longer; suckle and breathe
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Exaptation
Trait that has been co-opted for use other than the one for which it was built
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Marsupial
A mammal whose young complete their embryonic development inside a maternal pouch called the marsupium
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Placenta
Structure in pregnant uterus for nourishing a viviparous fetus with the mothers blood supply
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Monotremes
Egg laying mammals that lack nipples
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Eutherians
Placental mammals whose young complete embryonic development in uterus, joined to mother by placenta
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Opposable thumb
Thumb can touch tips of all other fingers, allowing great dexterity and ability to grip
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Hominindae
A member of the human branch of the evolutionary tree
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Founder effect
A type of random genetic drift
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Lactase persistence
Continuing to produce lactase, an enzyme that digest lactose
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Stimulus
In feedback regulation, a fluctuation in a variable that triggers a response
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Homeostasis
The steady-state physiological condition of the body
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Predation
An interaction between species in which one species, the predator, eats the prey
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Signal
In animal behavior, transmission of a stimulus from one animal to another
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Innate behavior
All members of a population exhibit same behaviors even if they develop under different conditions
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Learned behavior
Behavior of an individual is modified based on its specific experiences
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Imprinting
Combination of innate and learned behaviors. Long lasting behavioral response formed to an individual or object
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Associative learning
Association of a stimulus with a reward or punishment
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Social learning
Observing and copying behaviors of other individuals
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Foraging
Behaviors for locating and obtaining food
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Optimal foraging
The basis for analyzing behavior as a compromise between feeding costs and feeding benefits
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Monogamy
1 mate for males and females
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Polygyny
More than one mate for males
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Polyandry
More than one mate for females
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Polygynandry
Multiple mates by both males and females
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Polygamy
Type of relationship in which an individual of one sex mates with several of the other
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Altruism
Behavior that reduces an animals fitness but increases the fitness of another member of the population
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Reciprocal altruism
Individual benefits from helping a non relative if the relative later returns the favor
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Heterotrophs
An organism that obtains food by eating another organism
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Gastrovascular cavity
A central cavity with a single opening in the body of certain animals that functions in both digestion and distribution of nutrients
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Pharynx
Region of digestive tube behind mouth
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Dentition
Tooth pattern
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Arboreal
Tree dwelling
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Behavior
Action carried out by muscles under control of the nervous system in response to a stimulus
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Tissues
Group of cells similar in appearance and or function
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Fixed action pattern
A series of programmed behaviors in response to a stimulus even if the stimulus stops

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