invertabretes Flashcards
Closed circulatory system
Blood is confined to the vessels as it moves to through the body.
Crop
Where food is stored until it is passed to the gizzard
Clitellum
thickened band of segments
Molting
Shedding the exoskeleton.
Invertebrate
Animals without backbones
Exoskeleton
Hard or tough outer covering
Endoskeleton
Internal skeleton
Vertibrate
Endoskeleton and backbone
Hermaphrodite
Produce eggs and sperm in the same animal body.
Zygote
Sperm penetrates the egg to form a fertilized egg cell
Internal Fertilization
Sperm and egg combine in the animals body
External Fertilization
Egg and sperm combine outside the animals body
Radial Symmetry
Can be divided along any plane, through a central axis into closely equal halves.
Bilateral Symmetry
The animal can be divided into two similar halves through the axis.
Coelom
Fluid filled cavity with tissue that lines the organs.