Long words and hard stuff Flashcards
What is the head of a parasitic flat worm (class cestoda) called?
Scolex
Name the 5 types of germ layers.
Ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm, neural crest and placodes
_____ genes control development.
Hox
In vertebrates, vertebrae protect the _______ .
spinal cord
Cartilage is made from ______ and _______
Collagen
Elastin
If an organism has NO body cavity (coelom) is described as an:
Acoelomate
If an organism has a fluid filled space between the mesoderm and endoderm they can be described as a:
Pseudocoelomate (“false cavity”)
If an organism has a body cavity (coelom) is described as a:
coelomate
The _____ is the gut structure in rotifera
mastrax
What is the function of proglottids in cestoda?
body segment involved with sexual reproduction
What is the function of ctenidia in the phylum mollusca?
respiration
In the phylum nermetea, from where does the proboscis (sucking organ) evert?
from the rhynchocoel
What are the bristles on a worm known as?
Chaetae
What is the chemical that leeches produce?
hirudin
What word describes a single cell with more than one nucleus inside it?
synctium
__________ is reducing metabolic activity to an undetectable level
cryptobiosis
Having a fixed number of cells per organism is known as _______.
eutely
Define uniramous
Having one branch; one segment attaches to another single body segment
Define biramous
Dividing to form two branches; one segment attaches to 2 body segments
Do hemimetabolous organisms have a pupal stage?
No
Do homometabolous organisms have a pupal stage?
Yes
What is an endostyle?
Ciliated groove on the ventral side of the pharynx, may secrete mucus
_______ is a sucking organ in acorn worms
Proboscis
Hagfish and lampreys are ________ (“circle mouths”)
Cyclostomes
Anapsid = \_\_\_\_ arch(es) Synapsid = \_\_\_\_ arch(es) Diapsid = \_\_\_\_ arch(es)
No
1
2
______ is the fossil of an early amphibian
Tiktaalik
What is the patagium?
Membrane across a bats wing
What is the name given to egg laying mammals?
Monotremes (eg: platypus and echidna)
Name the defensive pincer in echinodermata
pedicellaria
What is the “Aristotles Lantern” and in which species is it found?
a conical structure of calcareous plates and muscles supporting the rasping teeth of a sea urchin
_______ are considered to be the closest living relative to all animals
choanoflagellates
what type of cells characterise the phylum Porifera?
choanocytes (funnel cells)
what type of cells characterise the phylum Ctenophora?
ctenes; cells + plates of cilia for movement