hailey Flashcards
Vertebrates
Vertebrates comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata, including all mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish.
. Invertebrates
Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column, derived from the notochord.
Consumer
consumers constitute the upper trophic levels.
Ganglion
a small cystic tumor connected either with a joint membrane or tendon sheath.
. Gut
The gastrointestinal tract is the tract or passageway of the digestive system that leads from the mouth to the anus.
Coelom
the usually epithelium-lined space between the body wall and the digestive tract of metazoans above the lower worms.
. Bilateral Symmetry
symmetry in which similar anatomical parts are arranged on opposite sides of a median axis so that only one plane can divide the individual into essentially identical halves.
Radial Symmetry
symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.
. Asymmetry
The lack or absence of symmetry.
Sponges
Any of numerous aquatic, chiefly marine invertebrate animals of the phylum Porifera.
Cnidarians
an aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Cnidaria, which comprises the coelenterates.
Flatworms
he flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, or platyhelminths are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates.
Roundworms
The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda, with plant-parasitic nematodes also known as eelworms.
Mollusks
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda.
Open circulatory system
Open circulatory systems are systems where blood, rather than being sealed tight in arteries and veins.