Chapter 32: Animal Diversity Flashcards
Most diverse animal group
terrestrial arthropods
animal
multicellular, heterotrophic eukaryotes with tissues that develop from embryonic layers
collagen
structural protein that supports cell walls
muscle cells
contractile cells to generate motion
nerve cells
conduct electrical impulses
methods of asexual reproduction
budding, fission, parthenogenesis (virgin birth)
dominant life cycle stage
diploid stage is dominant
sexual reproduction
typically a small flagellated sperm fertilizes a large egg; diploid adults produce haploid gametes
zygote
fertilized egg that develops into gastrula
cleavage
cell division without growth
blastula
hollow ball of cells with an internal cavity (blastocoel)
gastrulation
invagination of blastopore to form the beginning of the gut (different in sponges)
sponge cell characteristics
lack tissues; cells can de-differentiate into other cell types
archenteron
formed by invagination; gives rise to the gut
endoderm
tissue lining gut
ectoderm
outer layer of cells; skin and nervous system
diploblasts
only two tissue types; “fancy gastrula”
triploblasts
have a third germ layer known as the mesoderm that forms all other organs between gut and outer surface
direct development
offspring looks like a little version of the parent
indirect development
young offspring (larvae) are morphologically/ecologically different than the adult