Exam 3 Vocabulary (Ch 32, 33, 34) Flashcards
metamorphosis
A developmental transformation that turns an animal larva into either an adult or an adult like stage that is not yet sexually mature.
protostome development
In animals, a developmental mode distinguished by the development of the mouth from the blastopore; often also characterized by spiral cleavage and by the body cavity forming when solid masses of mesoderm split.
spiral cleavage
A type of embryonic development in protostomes in which the planes of cell division that transform the zygote into a ball of cells are diagonal to the vertical axis of the embryo. As a result, the cells of each tier sit in the grooves between cells of adjacent tiers.
gastrula
An embryonic stage in animal development encompassing the formation of three layers: ectoderm, mesoderm, and endoderm.
lophophore
In some lophotrochozo ananimals, including brachiopods, a crown of ciliated tentacles that surround the mouth and function in feeding.
blastophore
In a gastrula, the opening of the archenteron that typically develops into the anus in deuterostomes and the mouth in protostomes.
body cavity
A fluid- or air-filled space between the digestive tract and the body wall.
Lophotrochozoa
One of the three main lineages of bilaterian animals; lophotrochozoans include organisms that have lophophores or trochophore larvae. See also Deuterostomia and Ecdysozoa.
diploblastic
Having two germ layers.
radial cleavage
A type of embryonic development in deuterostomes in which the planes of cell division that transform the zygote into a ball of cells are either parallel or perpendicular to the vertical axis of the embryo, thereby aligning tiers of cells one above the other.
Ecdysozoa
One of the three main lineages of bilaterian animals; many ecdysozoans are molting animals. See also Deuterostomia and Lophotrochozoa.
Deuterostomia
One of the three main lineages of bilaterian animals. See also Ecdysozoa and Lophotrochozoa.
determinate cleavage
A type of embryonic development in protostomes that rigidly casts the developmental fate of each embryonic cell very early.
ectoderm
The outermost of the three primary germ layers in animal embryos; gives rise to the outer covering and, in some phyla, the nervous system, inner ear, and lens of the eye.
bilaterian
A member of a clade of animals with bilateral symmetry and three germ layers.
Ediacaran biota
An early group of macroscopic, mostly soft bodied, multicellular eukaryotes known from fossils that range in age from 635 million to 541 million years old.
cleavage
The succession of rapid cell divisions without significant growth during early embryonic development that converts the zygote to a ball of cells.
vertebrate
A chordate animal with vertebrae, the series of bones that make up the backbone
archenteron
The endoderm lined cavity, formed during gastrulation, that develops into the digestive tract of an animal
tissue
An integrated group of cells with a common structure, function, or both.
deuterostome development
In animals, a developmental mode distinguished by the development of the anus from the blastopore; often also characterized by radial cleavage and by the body cavity forming as outpockets of mesodermal tissue.
endoderm
The innermost of the three primary germ layers in animal embryos; lines the archenteron and gives rise to the liver, pancreas, lungs, and the lining of the digestive tract in species that have these structures.
hemocoel
A body cavity lined by
tissue derived from mesoderm and by tissue derived from endoderm.
trochophore larva
Distinctive larval stage observed in some lophotrochozoan animals, including some annelids and molluscs
body plan
In multicellular eukaryotes, a set of morphological and developmental traits that are integrated into a functional whole—the living organism.
triploblastic
Possessing three germ layers: the endoderm, mesoderm, and ectoderm. All bilaterian animals are triploblastic
mesoderm
The middle primary germ layer in a triploblastic animal embryo; develops into the notochord, the lining of the coelom, muscles, skeleton, gonads, kidneys, and most of the circulatory system in species that have these structures.
gastrulation
In animal development, a series of cell and tissue movements in which the blastula-stage embryo folds inward, producing a three-layered embryo, the gastrula
eumetazoan
A member
of a clade of animals with true tissues. All animals
except sponges and a few other groups
are eumetazoans.
blastula
A hollow ball of cells that marks the end of the cleavage stage during early embryonic development in animals
coelom
A body cavity lined by tissue derived only from mesoderm.
invertebrate
An animal without a backbone. Invertebrates make up 95% of animal species.
Cambrian explosion
A relatively brief time in geologic history when many present-day phyla of animals first appeared in the fossil record. This burst of evolutionary change occurred about 535–525 million years ago and saw the emergence of the first large, hardbodied animals.
indeterminate cleavage
A type of embryonic development in deuterostomes in which each cell produced by early cleavage divisions retains the capacity to develop into a complete embryo.