Invertebrate Flashcards
Vertebrates
Vertebrates /ˈvɜːrtᵻbrᵻts/ comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata
Invertebrates
they dont have backbones
consumers
they eat food
Ganglion
A noncancerous lump, often on the tendons or joints of wrists and hands.
gut
an organ in your body
Coelom
the body cavity in metazoans, located between the intestinal canal and the body wall.
Bilateral Symmetry
a type of symmetry
Radial Symmetry
a type of symmetry
Asymmetry
a type of symmetry
sponges
an animal that does nothing
Cnidarians
Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found
Flatworms
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, Plathelminthes, or platyhelminths are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates
Roundworms
The nematodes /ˈnɛmətoʊdz/ or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environments
Mollusks
The mollusks compose the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca. Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized.
Open circulatory system
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Vertebrates, and a few invertebrates, have a closed circulatory system. Closed circulatory systems have the blood closed at all times within vessels of different size and wall thickness. In this type of system, blood is pumped by a heart through vessels, and does not normally fill body cavities.