echinoderm Flashcards
a marine invertebrate
echinoderm
an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
endoskeleton
a defensive organ like a minute pincer present in large numbers on an echinoderm.
Pedicellariae
an essential part of the circulation system in echinoderm
Madreporite
forming part of the water-vascular system, that extend from the stone canal
Radial canal
the circular water tube that surrounds the esophagus of echinoderms
Ring canal
allow them to move and guide themselves
Arm / Ray
symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.
Radial Symmetry
the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.
Bilateral Symmetry
a network of water vessels in the body, the tube feet being operated by hydraulic pressure within the vessels
Water Vascular System
s a term typically used in the context of anatomical parts of the phylum Echinodermata or class Asteroidea and Edrioasteroidea
Ambulacral Groove
a very small bone, especially one of those in the middle ear.
Ossicles
a number of small outpocketings
Pyloric Caecum
sphincter, or valve, is a strong ring of smooth muscle at the end of the pyloric canal which lets food pass from the stomach to the duodenum
Pyloric Stomach-
occupies much of the posterior aspect of the head and the anterior thoracic body cavity.
Cardiac Stomach