invertebrate Flashcards

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an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.

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vertebrate

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2
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an animal that does not have a backbone

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invertebrate

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3
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a person or thing that eats or uses something.

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Consumer

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4
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a mass of nerve cells

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ganglion

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5
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the digestive tract

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gut

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6
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a body cavity that contains the internal organs

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coelom

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7
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the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.

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Bilateral Symmetry

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8
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symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.

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Radial Symmetry

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9
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lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.

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Asymmetry

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10
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they are asymmetrical and have no tissues

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sponges

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11
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an aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Cnidaria, which comprises the coelenterates.

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Cnidarians

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12
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they have bilateral symmetry, many have a clearly differed have and two large eyespots

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flatworms

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13
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have boied that are lon, slim, and round. they have bilateral symmetry

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roundworms

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14
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Mollusks is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropods.

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Mollusks

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15
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the blood is not enclosed in the blood vessels, but is pumped into a cavity called a hemlock.

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Open circulatory system

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16
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blood is contained inside blood vessels, circulating unidirectional (in one direction) from the heart around the systemic circulatory route, then returning to the heart again.

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closed circulatory system

17
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The annelids, also known as the ringed worms or segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 22,000 extant species including rag worms, earthworms, and leeches

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Annelid worms

18
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rigid or articulated envelope that supports and protects the soft tissues of certain animals.

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Exoskeleton

19
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A compound eye is a visual organ found in arthropods such as insects and crustaceans.

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Compound eye

20
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either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods.

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Antenna

21
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(in an insect or amphibian) the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.

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Metamorphosis

22
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an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.

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Exoskeleton

23
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(in an echinoderm) a network of water vessels in the body, the tube feet being operated by hydraulic pressure within the vessels.

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Water vascular system