Invertebrate Flashcards

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Vertebrates

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Vertebrates /ˈvɜːrtᵻbrᵻts/ comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata

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Invertebrates

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they dont have backbones

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consumers

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they eat food

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Ganglion

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A noncancerous lump, often on the tendons or joints of wrists and hands.

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gut

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an organ in your body

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Coelom

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the body cavity in metazoans, located between the intestinal canal and the body wall.

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Bilateral Symmetry

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a type of symmetry

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Radial Symmetry

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a type of symmetry

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Asymmetry

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a type of symmetry

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sponges

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an animal that does nothing

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Cnidarians

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Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found

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Flatworms

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The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, Plathelminthes, or platyhelminths are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates

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Roundworms

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The nematodes /ˈnɛmətoʊdz/ or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a broad range of environments

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Mollusks

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The mollusks compose the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca. Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized.

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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.

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Closed 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.

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Annelid worms

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Annelid. The annelids (Annelida, from Latin anellus, “little ring”), [n 1] also known as the ringed worms or segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 17,000 extant species including ragworms,

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Exoskeleton

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s the external skeleton that supports and protects an animal’s body

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Compound eye

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an eye that works hard an is made different

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Antenna

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a rod in an animals head for protection

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Metamorphosis

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Also called transformation

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Endoskeleton

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

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Water vascular system

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The water vascular system is a hydraulic system used by echinoderms