2nd Book, Chap 4 Flashcards
Homeostasis
Keeping internal body conditions stable
Adaptations
Structures and behaviors that allow animals to preform their functions
Vertebrate
Animals with backbone
Invertebrate
Animals without backbone
Tissue
A group of similar cells that preforms a specific function
Organ
Made up of different tissues
Radial symmetry
A body plan in which any number of imaginary lines that all pass through a central point divide the animal into two mirror images
Bilateral symmetry
Only one line of symmetry can be drawn to divide into halves
Cnidarians
Invertebrates that have stinging cells and take food into a central body cavity
Mollusks
Invertebrates with soft, unsegmented bodies that are often protected by a hard shell
Anthropods
Invertebrates that have hard outer coverings, segmented bodies, and pairs of jointed appendages
Exoskeleton
Outer skeleton
Echinoderm
Invertebrate that has an internal skeleton and a system of fluid-filled tubes
Endoskeleton
Internal skeleton
Chordate
A cell that has a notochord, nerve cord, and punches in the throat area