Animals Pt.1 - T3 S1 P2 Flashcards
adult echinoderm symmetry
5-part radial symmetry
echinoderm phylum
Echinodermata
echinoderm environment
marine
echinoderm water vascular system
tube feet
5 familiar classes of echinoderm
sea lilies, sea stars, brittle stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins and sand dollars
echinoderm brain
no head or brain,
central nerve ring
echinoderm reproduction
sexual
echinoderm larvae symmetry
start bilateral
Are most chordates vertebrates or invertebrates?
vertebrates
chordate ancestor’s environment
aquatic
Chordates arose with most other animal phyla during the ___.
Cambrian explosion
4 distinguishing features of chordates
notochord;
dorsal, hollow nerve cord;
pharyngeal pouches or slits;
postanal tail
cranium of most chordates
bony or cartilage-rich
What does the cranium protect?
brain
examples of craniates
hagfish and vertebrates
have a vertebral column
vertebrates
What are vertebrae composed of?
cartilage or bone
What do vertebrae protect?
spinal cord
provide attachment place for muscles
vertebrae
type of jaw developed from gill supports
hinged jaw
What expanded the ways an animal could feed?
jaws
Lungs are ___ to the swim bladders of bony fishes.
homologous
name for the lungs of most fish
gills
Most air-breathing vertebrates have ___.
lungs
vertebrates with 2 pairs of limbs
tetrapods
enable animals to walk on land
limbs
have keratin based body coverings
amniotes
have a ‘naked skin’ body covering
amphibians
What do fish scales derive from?
bone
body temperature regulation:
fluctuates with the environment
ectotherm
body temperature regulation:
no internal mechanism to regulate temperature
ectotherm
body temperature regulation:
invertebrates, fishes, amphibians, non-avian reptiles
ectotherm