Animals- Ch 33-35 Flashcards
What are the 7 characteristics that all animals have in common?
- multicellular
- cells without cell walls
- most are able to move
- diverse in form
- occupy diverse habitats
- most reproduce sexually
- have a characteristic pattern of embryonic development
- cells of all animals (except sponges) are organized into tissues and tissue layers
- heterotrophs
There are five key transitions that can be noted in animal evolution. What are they?
- ) Tissues
- ) Symmetry
- ) Body Cavity
- ) Various patterns of embryonic development
- ) Segmentation
Parazoa
- sponges
- lack defined tissues and organs
- have the ability to dedifferentiate and redifferentiate their cells
Eumetozoa
- all animals but sponges
- have distinct and well defined tissues
- have irreversible differentiation for most cell types
Do Parazoa and Eumetozoa both have symmetry?
No; parazoas do not
What is radial symmetry?
- body parts arranged around central axis
- can be bisected into two equal halves in any 2-D plane
What is bilateral symmetry?
- right and left halves that are mirror images
- only the mid-sagittal plane bisects the animal into two equal halves
What are 2 advantages of symmetry?
Cephalization (evolution of a definite brain area) and greater mobility
Eumetazoa produce three germ layers. What are they and describe them
- ) outerectoderm=body coverings and nervous system
- ) middle mesoderm=skeleton and muscles
- ) inner endoderm=digestive organs and intestines
What is the coelom?
the space inbetween tissues, surrounded by medoderm
Acoelomates
no body cavity
pseudocoelomates
body cavity between mesoderm and endoderm (called the pseudocoel
Coelomates
body cavity entirely within the mesoderm (called the coelom)
what is a blastula?
hollow ball of cells
what is the blastopore
opening to the outside