Chapter 18 Flashcards
Ingstion
A characteristic that all animals have. Eating food.
blastula
A hollow ball of cells.
gastrula
When the blastula folds inward
endoderm
The internal sac formed by gastrulation
ectoderm
An outer cell layer that gives rise to the outer covering of the animal and, in some phyla, to the central nervous system.
mesoderm
A third embryonic cell layer which forms the muscles and most internal organs
larva
An immature individual that looks different from the adult animal
metamorphosis
A major change of body form that the larva undergoes in becoming an adult capable of reproducing sexually
invertebrates
Those animals that lack a vertebral column
radial symmetry
A body plan where the body parts radiate fro the center like the spokes of a bicycle wheel.
bilateral symmetry
A body plan that has a mirror-image right and left sides
anterior
part of bilateral symmetry that is the head end
posterior
part of bilateral symmetry that is the tail end
dorsal
part of bilateral symmetry that has a back end
ventral
part of bilateral symmetry that is the bottom end
body cavity
Fluid-filled space between the digestive tract and outer body wall that cushions the internal organs and enables them to grow and move independently of the body wall.
hydrostatic skeleton
Provides a rigid structure against which muscles contract, moving the animal
true coelem
A body cavity completely lined by tissue derived from mesoderm
pseudocoelem
A body cavity not completely lined by tissue derived from mesoderm
protostomes
The first opening becomes the mouth
deuterostomes
The first opening becomes the anus, and the second opening forms the mouth
eumetazoans
The animals with true tissues. Every phyla except porifera.
bilaterians
Those phyla of animals that have bilateral symmetry
choanocytes
Inner flagellated “collar” cells of a sponge which help to sweep water through the sponge’s body.
amoebocytes
One of the layers of the sponge which produce supportive skeletal fibers composed of spongin and spicules
suspension feeders, filter feeder
Animals that collect food particles from water passed through some type of food-trapping equipment.