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Vertebrates

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comprise all species of animals within the subphylum Vertebrata

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Invertebrates

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Invertebrates are animals that neither possess nor develop a vertebral column, derived from the notochord. This includes all animals apart from the subphylum Vertebrata.

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Consumer

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a person who purchases goods and services for personal use

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Ganglion

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A ganglion cyst is round, small, and usually painless. Although rare, it can be painful if it presses a nerve. In a few cases, the cyst can interfere with joint movement.

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Gut

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the stomach or belly.

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Coelom

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refers to the main body cavity in most multicellular animals and is positioned inside the body to surround and contain the digestive tract and other organs.

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Bilateral Symmetry

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arrangement of an organism or part of an organism along a central axis, so that the organism or part can be divided into two equal halves. Bilateral symmetry is a characteristic of animals that are capable of moving freely through their environments. Compare radial symmetry.

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Radial Symmetry

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arrangement of parts of an organism around a single main axis, so that the organism can be divided into similar halves by any plane that contains the main axis. The body plans of echinoderms, ctenophores, cnidarians, and many sponges and sea anemones show radial symmetry. Compare bilateral symmetry.

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Sponges

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are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells.

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Asymmetry

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lack of equality or equivalence between parts or aspects of something; lack of symmetry

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Cnidarians

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is a phylum containing over 10,000 species of animals found exclusively in aquatic environments: they are predominantly marine species. Their distinguishing feature is cnidocytes, specialized cells that they use mainly for capturing prey.

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Flatworms

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a phylum of relatively simple bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied invertebrates.

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Roundworms

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They are a diverse animal phylum inhabiting a very broad range of environments.

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Mollusks

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compose the large phylum of invertebrate animals known as the Mollusca. Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized.

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Open circulatory system

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the blood diffusing back to the circulatory system between cells. Blood is pumped by a heart into the body cavities, where tissues are surrounded by the blood.

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Closed circulatory system

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Vertebrates, and a few invertebrates, have a closed circulatory system. Closed circulatory systems have the blood closed at all times within vessels of different size and wall thickness. In this type of system, blood is pumped by a heart through vessels, and does not normally fill body cavities.

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Annelid worms

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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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Segment

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each of the parts into which something is or may be divided.

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Exoskeleton

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a rigid external covering for the body in some invertebrate animals, especially arthropods, providing both support and protection.

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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.

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Metamorphosis

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includes, in insects, the transformation of a maggot into an adult fly and a caterpillar into a butterfly and, in amphibians, the changing of a tadpole into a frog. A usually degenerative pathological change in the structure of a particular body tissue.

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Endoskeleton

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

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Water vascular system

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is a hydraulic system used by echinoderms, such as sea stars and sea urchins, for locomotion, food and waste transportation, and respiration. The system is composed of canals connecting numerous tube feet.