Unit 6 Flashcards
Reproductive diapause
A period during which growth and development is suspended and physiological activity is diminished in response to adverse environmental conditions
Cleavage
A repeating set of mitotic divisions without cell growth between division cycle
Cleavage leads to the
Development of a multicellular stage called a blastula which then forms gastrula in which layers of tissue form that will eventually develop into body parts
Radial symmetry
Any cut through the center of the org would produce mirror images
Bilateral symmetry
Org that has left/right side that are mirror images of each other
Animals w bilateral symmetry have developed
Cephalization: development of a head/brain at one end if the org usually the anterior end
Ectoderm
Outer layer of the embryo that becomes the skin and in some animals the brain and spinal cord
Endoderm
Innermost germ layer that beomes most of internal orgs
Diploblastic
Animals w 2 germ layers
Mesoderm
Middle layer that becomes muscle and bone
Triploblastic
Animals w all 3 germ layers
Body cavity
Coelom: mesoderm lined cavity in body between gut and outer body wall
Coelomates
Have a true body cavity and all 3 germ layers completely surrounded by tissue
Pseudocoelomates
Have a boy cavity but not a true one bc its only partially lined w tissue has all 3 germ layers
Acoelomates
Have no body cavity amd all 3 getm layers stacked on top of each other
Spiral cleavage
Cells are not lined up w each other
Determinate cleavage
It is determined very early what each cell is going to become
Protosome development
Spiral cleavage, determinate cleavage, mouth is first to develop from the blastopore
Radial cleavage
Cell lined up one on top of the other
Indeterminate cleavage
Cells of the early embryo are not specialized and could develop into a complete animal
Deuterostome development
Radial cleavage, indeterminate cleavage, anus first to develop from blastopore
Hierarchial organization of cells
Cells tissues organs organ systems
Regulator
Uses internal me hanisms to control internal change in the face of external fluctuation
Conformer
Allows its internal condition to change in accordance with external changes in the environment
Negative feedback
Control mechanism that reduces or damps the stimulus
Positive feedback
Control mechanism that amplifies the response
Estivation
Response in which animals slow their activity for the hot dry summer months
Thermoregulation
Process by which animals maintain an internal temp within a tolerable range
Endotherm
Org that is warmed bt heat genersted by their own metabolism
Ectotherm
Org for which the external sources provide most of the heat for temp regulation
Countercurrent exchange
The transfer of heat or other solutes such as oxygen between fluids that are flowing in opposite directions
Sensors for thermoregulation are concentrated in
Hypothalamus
When temps get cold
Inhibit heat loss mechanisms and activate heat saving ones like vasoconstriction or raising of fur