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.