invertebrate Flashcards
an animal of a large group distinguished by the possession of a backbone or spinal column, including mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
vertebrate
an animal that does not have a backbone
invertebrate
a person or thing that eats or uses something.
Consumer
a mass of nerve cells
ganglion
the digestive tract
gut
a body cavity that contains the internal organs
coelom
the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.
Bilateral Symmetry
symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.
Radial Symmetry
lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry.
Asymmetry
they are asymmetrical and have no tissues
sponges
an aquatic invertebrate animal of the phylum Cnidaria, which comprises the coelenterates.
Cnidarians
they have bilateral symmetry, many have a clearly differed have and two large eyespots
flatworms
have boied that are lon, slim, and round. they have bilateral symmetry
roundworms
Mollusks is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropods.
Mollusks
the blood is not enclosed in the blood vessels, but is pumped into a cavity called a hemlock.
Open circulatory system