Invertebrates Flashcards
Animals without Backbones
Invertebrate
An outer covering that provides support.
Exoskeleton
An internal skeleton
Endoskeleton
An animal with a Backbone
Vertebrate
Animals that can produce both sperm and eggs.
Hermaphrodite
The combining of egg and sperm inside the animal.
Internal fertilization
Egg and sperm combine outside the body.
External fertilization
Can be divided along any plane
Radial symmetry
Can be divided into a mirror image
Bilateral symmetry
The tendency to concentrate nervous tissue and sensory organs at the anterior end of the animal
Cephalization
Fluid-filled cavity with organs
Coelom
a fluid-filled cavity that develops between the mesoderm and the endoderm.
Pseudocoelom
Animals that do not have a coelom
Acoelomate
Mouth develops first
Protostome
Anal Cavity develops first
Deuterostome