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Chapter 32- Intro To Animals Flashcards

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Extracellular Matrix

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A fiber composite between cells.

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Animals

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A monophyletic group of eukaryotes that are multicellular and are heterotrophs.

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Neurons

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Nerve cells; transmit electrical signals to other cells.

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Model Organisms

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Organisms studied in order to understand human biology.

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Phyla

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Major lineages of species.

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Body Plan

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The fundamental architecture of animal bodies.

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Tissue

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Tightly integrated structural and functional units of similar cells.

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Epithelium

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A layer of tightly joined cells that covers the surface.

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Diploblasts

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Animals whose embryos have two types of tissue.

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Triploblasts

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Animals whose embryos have three types of tissue.

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Germ Layers

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Layers of embryonic tissue.

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Ectoderm

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Gives rise to skin and the nervous system

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Endoderm

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Gives rise to the lining of the digestive tract.

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Mesoderm

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Gives rise to the circulatory system, muscle, and internal structures such as bone and most organs.

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Nerve Net

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Diffuse arrangement of nerve cells.

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Central Nervous System

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Neurons are clustered into one or more large tracts or cords that project throughout the body.

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Ganglia

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Clusters of nerve cells.

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Radial Symmetry

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At least two planes of symmetry.

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Bilateral Symmetry

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One plane of symmetry.

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Symmetry

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Being divided by a plane in a way that the resulting pieces are nearly identical.

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Asymmetry

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Lacking any body symmetry.

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Cephalization

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The evolution of a head or anterior region where structures for feeding, sensing the environment, and processing information are concentrated.

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Head

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Anterior region containing sensory, feeding, and processing structures.

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Brain

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Mass of neurons in the head responsible for processing information from throughout the body.

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Coelem

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A an enclosed, fluid-filled cavity that creates a container for the circulation of oxygen and nutrients.

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Acoelomates

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Triploblasts who do not have a coelem.

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Coelomates

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Triploblasts with a coelom.

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Hydrostatic skeleton

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A skeleton made of an enclosed fluid-filled chamber

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Bilateria

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Organisms that are bilaterally symmetrical.

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Protostomes

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The mouth develops before the anus.

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Deuterostomes

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The anus develops before the mouth.

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Gastrulation

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Formation of gut and embryonic germ layers.

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Tube-within-a-tube Design

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Body plan in which the basic animal body is a tube within a tube.

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Worm

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Animals with long, thin, tubelike bodies that lack limbs.

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Sessile

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Do not move.

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Choanoflagellates

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Protists that are the closest living relatives of animals.

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Choanocytes

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Feeding cells on a sponge

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Ecdysozoans

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Group of protostomes that grow by shedding their exoskeletons or outer coverings and expand their bodies.

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Lophotrochozoans

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Protostomes that grow continuously when conditions are good.

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Segmentation

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The presence of repeated body structures.

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Vertebrates

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Monophyletic group in Chordata that is defined by the presence of a skull.

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Invertebrates

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All animals that are not vertebrates.

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Suspension Feeders

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Capture food by filtering out or concentrating particles floating in water or drifting through the air.

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Deposit Feeder

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Ingests organic material that has been deposited within a substrate or on its surface.

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Fluid Feeder

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Suck or mop up liquids like nectar, plant sap, blood, or fruit juice.

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Mass Feeders

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Take chunks of food into their mouths.

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Radula

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A feeding structure that functions like a rasp or a file

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Predators

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Larger than prey and can kill them quickly.

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Parasites

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Smaller than prey and often harvest nutrients without causing death.

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Endoparasites

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Live inside their hosts and usually have simple, wormlike bodies.

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Ectoparasites

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Live outside their hosts and usually have limbs or mouthparts that allow them to grasp the host.

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Viviparous

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Gives birth to live young.

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Oviparous

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Deposite fertilized eggs.

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Ovoviviparous

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Retain eggs inside their body in early development and then give birth to live young.

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Internal Fertilization

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Takes place inside the body.

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External fertilization

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The fertilization of eggs outside the body.

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Metamorphosis

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A change from an immature body type to an adult body type.

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Larvae

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Look radically different from adults, live in different habitats, and eat different foods and have immature reproductive organs.

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Juveniles

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Look like adults and live the same but are sexually immature.

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Adults

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Reproductive stage of the life cycle

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Hemimetabolous

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Young are juveniles called nymphs that look like miniature adults.

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Holometabolous

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Young are larvae.

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Pupa

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A larvae that has secreted a protective case.

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Nymph

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A juvenile that looks like a smaller adult.

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Pupation

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When a pupa becomes an adult.

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Polyp

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A cessile form that reproduces asexually

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Medusa

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Free floating larval form that reproduces sexually.

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Colony

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A group of identical individuals that are physically attached.

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Benthic

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Live at the bottom of the ocean

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Spicules

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Stiff spikes of silica or calcium carbonate.

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Mesoglea

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A layer of scattered ectodermal cells in between ectoderm and endoderm cell layers in cnidarians.

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Cnidocyte

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A specialized cell that is used to capture prey by ejecting a barb.

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Limb

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A jointed or prehensile appendage usually used for locomotion.

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Endoskeleton

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An internal support structure composed of mineralized tissue.

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Exoskeleton

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An external skeleton that supports and protects an animal’s body.

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Hydroids

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A hydrozoan life stage in which the polyp is attached to a substrate or colony.

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Cnidocyst

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An organelle in a cnidocyte that produces toxin.

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Porifera

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Multicellular organisms that lack circulatory, nervous, and digestive systems.

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Cnidaria

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Organisms distinguished by their cnidocytes and medusa and polyp forms.

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Anemone

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Predatory cnidarians that lack medusa forms and digest larger prey with their polyps.

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Corals

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Invertabrate polyps that gather in colonies and have an exoskeleton.

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Acoelomorpha

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Soft-bodied marine animals that are free floating or live on other organisms.

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Ctenophora

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Organisms distinguished by the ciloa they use to swim.

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