invertebrate animals Flashcards
vertebrates
animal with backbone
invertebrates
they have no backbone
consumer
eats other things
Ganglion
a structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.
Gut
the stomach or belly
Coelom
the body cavity in metazoans, located between the intestinal canal and the body wall.
Bilateral Symmetry
the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.
Radial Symmetry
symmetry around a central axis, as in a starfish or a tulip flower.
Asymmetry
lack of symmetry.
Sponges
one of the simple creatures on earth
Cnidarians
Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic environments
Flatworms
The flatworms, flat worms, Platyhelminthes, Plathelminthes, or platyhelminths are a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates
Roundworms
The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda
Mollusks
an invertebrate of a large phylum that includes snails, slugs, mussels, and octopuses. They have a soft, unsegmented body and live in aquatic or damp habitats
Open circulatory system
pump blood into a hemocoel with the blood diffusing back to the circulatory system between cells.
Closed circulatory system
Closed circulatory systems have the blood closed at all times within vessels of different size and wall thickness.
Annelid worms
The annelids, also known as the ringed worms or segmented worms, are a large phylum, with over 17,000 extant species including ragworms, earthworms, and leeches
Exoskeleton
a skeleton on the outside of the body
Compound eye
an eye consisting of an array of numerous small visual units, as found in insects and crustaceans
Antenna
either of a pair of long, thin sensory appendages on the heads of insects, crustaceans, and some other arthropods.
Metamorphosis
a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one,
Endoskeleton
an internal skeleton, such as the bony or cartilaginous skeleton of vertebrates.
Water vascular system
a network of water vessels in the body, the tube feet being operated by hydraulic pressure within the vessels.