Flashcards
Between 95 and 99 percent of animals are this.
Invertebrate
Hard or tough outer coverings that provide a framework of support.
Exoskeletons
Internal skeletons
Endoskeleton
Animal with a backbone
Vertebrate
Born with both sets of genitalia
Hermaphrodite
Fertilized egg
Zygote
When the sperm and egg combine inside the body
Internal fertilization
When egg and sperm combine outside the body
External Fertilization
After mitosis of the embryo they form fluid filled balls called this.
Blastula
The blastula continuing mitosis
Gastrula
Inner layer of cells in Gastrula
Endoderm
Outer layer of cells in the Gastrula
Ectoderm
Cell division continues in animals this forms between the endoderm and ectoderm
Mesoderm
Describes the similarity or balance among body structures of organisms.
Symmetry
This symmetry can be divided along any plane through a central axis into roughly equal halves.
Radial Symmetry