Unit 2 Flashcards

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Bilateral symmetry

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Body can be split down center and produce mirrored left and right sides
Anterior head, posterior tail
Dorsal back, ventral belly
Seen in all vertebrates and Arthropoda

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Radial Symmetry

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Resembles pie
No left or right sides
Oral surface is on top, aboral surface is on bottom
Seen in jellies

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2
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What are the flagellated cells in sponges?

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Choanocytes

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3
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What is a nematode?

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Non-segmented roundworms with a complete digestive tract, one layer of circular muscles, and pseudocoelomate

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What are the light sensitive eyespots in flatworms?

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Ocelli

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What are the structures of earthworms that aid in copulation?

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Two worms line up their sex organs:
Clitellum secretes mucus to hold mating worms together
Eggs laid in mucus; hardens to form cocoon

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What are the segments of a tapeworm called?

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Proglottids (each has reproductive organs)

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Predators

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Organisms that preys on other organisms for food

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Flagella

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Move in all directions like a whip; typically one a few per organism

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Cilia

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Move back and forth like windshield wipers; ciliates completely covered in cilia

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Complete digestive tract

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Has both mouth and anus

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Incomplete digestive tract

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One orifice for both food and waste

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12
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Elephantiasis

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Extreme swelling when worms block the lymph nodes

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13
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Dorsal

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Back

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14
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Ventral

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Belly

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15
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Anterior

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Head

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Posterior

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Tail

17
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Autotroph

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Organism that makes organic nutrients from inorganic raw materials

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Heterotroph

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Organism that obtains both organic and inorganic raw materials from environment in order to live (most plants and animals that do not have photosynthesis)