Lecture 7 DA Flashcards
How does cleavage differ between protostomes and deuterostomes?
Protostome - cleavage is spiral and determinate.
Deuterostome - cleavage is radial, and indeterminate.
If a cell was taken from a 4-cell zygote of a protostome and deuterostome, what would each form?
Protostome - could form a quarter of a non-viable organism.
Deuterostome - could form a complete embryo, as in homozygotic twins.
What is the plane of cell division in protostomes and deuterostomes?
Protostomes - diagonal to the vertical axis of the cell.
Deuterostomes - perpendicular or parallel to the vertical axis of the cell.
What is the difference between schizocoely and enterocoely development of the coelom?
Schizocoely - solid mass of mesoderm splits, and the cavity forms the coelom.
Enterocoely - coelom buds off the main cavity, to form the coelom.
What is the major group of deuterostomes?
Phylum echinodermata.
Where do phylum echinodermata live?
Exclusively marine.
What are the classes of phylum echinodermata (6)?
Asteroid Ophiuroidea Echinoidea Crinoidea Holothuroidea Concentricycloidea
Are premetamorphic echinoderms generally bilateral or radially symmetrical? What about postmetamorphic? What does this suggest?
Premetamorphic are generally bilateral, while postmetamorphic are pentamerous with radial symmetry.
Suggests radial symmetry is secondary.
What kind of skeleton do echinoderms have, and what does it develop from? Where is it located? Is it unique?
Have an endoskeleton of hard calcareous plates, and develops from the mesoderm. Located within the body wall. Unique to invertebrates.
What is mutable connective tissue?
Allows them to break off their arms.
What are the skeletons of echinoderms covered by?
Epidermis and cuticle.
What is the water vascular system of echinoderms formed by?
A canal close to the body wall, lined with ciliated epithelium, filled with fluid, similar to sea water, but with coelomocytes, proteins and a high K+ concentration.
What is the water within an echinoderm’s water vascular system like (4)?
Similar to sea water, but with coelomocytes, proteins and a high K+ concentration.
In the water vascular system, what surrounds the oesophagus/mouth?
Ring canal.
What two organs may be attached to the ring canal, and what do they do?
Tiedmann’s bodies, used for defence.
Polian vesicles, used as fluid storage organs.
What do canals within the water vascular system connect to?
Ampullas.
What is found on the aboral side of echinoderms?
A button shaped ossicle, called a padreoporite.
What is the vertical canal in echinoderms?
Canal connecting the madreporite to the ring canal. Also called stone canal.
From where is the echinoderm’s water vascular system connected with sea water?
Through the madreporite.
What are radial canals?
Canals that extend from the ring canal into each arm tip of the echinoderm.
What are lateral canals?
Canals that extend laterally off radial canals in the arm tips, and connect to ampullas.
What is the purpose of an ampulla in echinoderms?
Squeeze to move water around.
What can be found on each lateral canal (2)?
A valve, as well as a podium under the ampulla.
Is the ampulla outside the coelum?
No, within it.
How do amulla contract, and what effect does this have?
Muscle fibres lie within the podia and ampulla walls, and are antagonists.
To extend podia, ampulla contracts, and podia relaxes.
Vice versa to retract podia.
Where are the gonads and gut tract of echinoderms found?
Either side of the lateral canal.
Guts can be found above the gonads.
What are the functions of podia (5)?
Feeding Burrowing Locomotion Sensory perception Respiration
How do mutable connective tissue work?
Can change stiffness according to the situation, from rigid to flexible.