invertebrate animals Flashcards

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vertebrates

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animal with backbone

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2
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invertebrates

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they have no backbone

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3
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consumer

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eats other things

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Ganglion

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a structure containing a number of nerve cell bodies, typically linked by synapses, and often forming a swelling on a nerve fiber.

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5
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Gut

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the stomach or belly

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

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Radial Symmetry

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

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Asymmetry

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lack of symmetry.

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10
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Sponges

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one of the simple creatures on earth

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11
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Cnidarians

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Cnidaria is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic environments

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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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13
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Roundworms

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The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda

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14
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Mollusks

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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

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15
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Open circulatory system

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pump blood into a hemocoel with the blood diffusing back to the circulatory system between cells.

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16
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Closed circulatory system

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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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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

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Exoskeleton

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a skeleton on the outside of the body

19
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Compound eye

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an eye consisting of an array of numerous small visual units, as found in insects and crustaceans

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Antenna

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

21
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Metamorphosis

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a change of the form or nature of a thing or person into a completely different one,

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Endoskeleton

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

23
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Water vascular system

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a network of water vessels in the body, the tube feet being operated by hydraulic pressure within the vessels.