Module 11 Vocabulary Flashcards

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Gemmule

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A cluster of cells encased in a hard spicule -reinforced shell

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Medusa

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A free-swimming cnidarian with a bell-shaped body and tentacles.

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Visceral hump

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A hump that contains a mollusk’s heart, digestive, and excretory organs

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Foot

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A muscular organ that is used for locomotion and takes a variety of forms depending on the animal

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Mantle

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A sheath of tissue that encloses the vital organs of a mollusk, makes the mollusk’s shell, and performs respiration.

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Circulatory system

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A system designed to transport food and other necessary substances throughout a creature’s body.

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Nervous system

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A system of sensitive cells that respond to stimuli such as sound,touch,and taste

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Invertebrates

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Animals that lack a backbone

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Vertebrates

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Animals that possess a backbone

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Spherical symmetry

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An organism possesses spherical symmetry if it can be cut into two identical halves by any cut that runs through the organism’s center.

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Radial symmetry

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An organism possesses radial symmetry if it can be cut into two identical halves by any longitudinal cut through its center.

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Bilateral symmetry

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An organism possesses bilateral symmetry if it can only be cut into two identical halves by a single longitudinal cut along its center which divides it into right and left halves.

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Epidermis

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An outer layer of cells designed to provide protection

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Mesenchyme

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The jellylike substance that separates the epidermis from the inner cells in a sponge

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Collar cells

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Flagellated cells that push water through a sponge

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Amoebocytes

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Cells that move using pseudopods and perform a variety of functions in animals

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Polyp

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The sessile, tubular form of a cnidarian with a mouth and tentacles at one end and a basal disk at the other

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Epithelium

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Animal tissue consisting of one or more layers of cells that have only one free surface, because the other surface adheres to a membrane or other substance

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Mesoglea

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The jelly-like substance that separates the epithelial cells in a cnidarian

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Nematocysts

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Small capsules that contain a toxin which is injected into prey or predators

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Testes

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Organs that produce sperm

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Ovaries

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Organs that produce eggs

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Anterior end

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The end of an animal that contains its head

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Posterior end

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The end of an animal that contains its tail

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Ganglia

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Masses of nerve cell bodies

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Hermaphroditic

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Possessing both the male and the female reproductive organs

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Regeneration

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The ability to regrow a missing part of the body

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Shell

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A tough, multilayered structure secreted by the mantle, generally used for protection, but sometimes for body support

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Radula

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An organ covered with teeth that mollusks use to scrape food into their mouths.

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Univalve

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An organism with a single shell.

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Bivalve

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An organism with two shells.