Invertebrates Flashcards

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1
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animals without a backbone

A

Invertebrate

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2
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hard or tough outer coverings that provide a framework for support

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Exoskeleton

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3
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internal skeleton

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Endoskeleton

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4
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has an endoskeleton and a backbone

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Vertebrate

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5
Q

produce both egg and sperm in the same body

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Hermaphrodite

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6
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when the sperm and egg combine inside the body

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Internal fertilization

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7
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occur when egg and sperm combine outside the animals body

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External fertilization

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8
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can be divided along any plane, into equal halves

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Radial symmetry

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9
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divided into mirror image halves along central axis

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Bilateral symmetry

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10
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tendency to concentrate nervous tissue and sensory organs at the anterior end of the animal

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Cephalization

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11
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fluid filled cavity

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Coelom

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12
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fluid filled cavity that develops between mesosphere and the endoderm

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Pseudocoelom

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13
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animals that do not have a coelom

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Acoelomate

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14
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the mouth develops from the first opening in the gastrula

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Protostome

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15
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anus develops from the first opening in the gastrula

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Deuterostome

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16
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they are attached and stay in one place

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Sessile

17
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cnidarian tentacles

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Cnidocytes

18
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a group of nerve cell bodies that coordinates incoming incoming and outgoing nerve signals

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Ganglion

19
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process in which body parts that are missing due to damage or predation can be regrown

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Regeneration

20
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fluid within a closed space that provides rigid support for muscles to work against

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Hydrostatic skeleton

21
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contracted by eating raw or under cooked pork and pork products

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Trichinosis

22
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blood is pumped into open vessels in open spaces

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Open circulatory system

23
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blood is confined to vessels

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closed circulatory system

24
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food and soil taken in by the mouth pass through the pharynx

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Crop

25
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a muscular sac containing hard particles that help grind soil and food before they pass into the intestine

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Gizzard

26
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a thickened band of segments

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Clitellum

27
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the middle body region

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Thorax

28
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located at the posterior end of the arthropod

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Abdomen

29
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thorax region fused with the head into a single structure

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Cephalothorax

30
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shedding the exoskeleton

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Molting

31
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mouth parts of most arthropods include a pair of appendages

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Mandibles

32
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branching tubes that go into smaller ones

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Tracheal tubes

33
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saclike pockets with highly folded walls for respiration

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Book lungs

34
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trachea and book lungs open to the outside of the body

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Spiracles

35
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help terrestrial preserve water in their bodies

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Malpigian tubules