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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/23/2009

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Lophotrochozans 
Definition

Grow by extending size of skeleton

most have lophophore- used in suspension feeding

most larva are called trochophore 

Term
Ecdysozoan
Definition

Grow by shedding external skeleton

exoskeleton if it's hard

cuticle if it's soft 

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Holometabolous
Definition

Complete metamorphosis.

larva to papae 

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Hemimetabolous
Definition

Incomplete metamorphosis

Nymph (mini adult) 

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Protostomes
Definition

Majority of animals

Spiral cleavage

gastrulation forms mouth first

2 blocks of mesoderm 

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Deuterostomes
Definition

Radial cleavage

Gastrulation froms anus first

layers pinch off gut to form mesoderm 

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Bilateral symmetry
Definition

one plane of symmetry

longm narrow body

led to cephalization- evolution of head 

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Coelom
Definition

fluid filled cavity

only in triploblasts

creates container for circulation of O2 and nutrients

space for internal organs

can be hydrostatic skeleton (nematode movement ex) 

Term
Choanocytes
Definition
feeding cells of sponges (porifera)
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Choanoflagellates vs sponges
Definition

both are sessile

feed in similar ways

sponges are multicellular 

Choanoflagellates are protists 

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types of feeding
Definition

suspension (filter)

deposit

fluid

mass 

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Neither protostomes nor deutrerostomes
Definition

Porifera (sponges)

Cnidaria (jellyfish)

Ctenophora (comb jellies)

Acoelomorpha (a worm)

Term
Protostome monophyletic groups
Definition

Lophotrochozoans

 

 

Ecdysozoans 

Term
Protostome body plans
Definition

all triploblastic

all bilaterally symmetric

acoelomate (no body cavity)

pseudocoelom

most are wormlike but-->

coelom reduced in arthropoda and mollusca 

 

Term
Echinoderm
Definition

reversion from bilateral to radial symmetry

water vascular system:

sophisticated hydroskeleton

endoskeleton- hard supportive structureinside thin layer of epidermal tissue 

Term
Chordates
Definition
gill slits, supportive notochord, nerve cord, post anal tail
Term
First prokaryotic cells apeared in the...
Definition
precambrian
Term
most modern phyla evolved during the ___ era
Definition
cenozoic
Term
 A prokaryote that can form colonies and produce oxygen  
Definition
cyanobacteria
Term
Making ATP without using electron transport chain is called
Definition
fermentation
Term

all protisits...

 

a) contain nucleus

b) are very small

c) unicellular

d) have cell wall

e) photosynthetic 

Definition
contain nucleus
Term
protists use __ to form zygote
Definition
meiosis
Term
material not used by protists to form outer covering
Definition
lignin
Term
which bacterial group contains most species
Definition
proteobacteria
Term
eukaryotes are more closely related to
Definition
archaea than bacteria
Term
dinoflagellates are common endosymbionts of
Definition
coral
Term
what can most easily be found as the largest in body size (plant)?
Definition
seed plant sporophyte
Term
lichens are symbiotic asociations of fungi and
Definition
cyanobacteria or green algae
Term
bryophytes are dependent on water for reproduction because
Definition
sperm must swim through water to reach and fertilize eggs (water splashes on plants, sperm swim to egg)
Term

which is not an evolutionary innovation developed by the tracheophytes?

tracheid cells, structural rigidity, branching independent sporophytes, abaility to transport water and nutrients, water absoring rhizoid filaments for water uptake 

Definition
water absoring rhizoid filaments for water uptake
Term
T/F: both male and female bryophytes produce gametangia
Definition
True
Term
bryophytes never form forests because
Definition
they lack lignified vascular tissue
Term
what plant characteristic is absent in the charophycean algea (closest relative)?
Definition
alternation of multicellular generations
Term
gymnosperms differ from ferns because they have
Definition
pollen
Term
trend is for sporophyte generation to become __ and more independent and gametophyte to become __ and more dependent on sporophyte
Definition
larger, smaller
Term
seed plants are all
Definition
heterosporous
Term
the major role of saprobic fungi in terrestrial ecosystems is to
Definition
break down carbon compounds
Term
lignin and cellulose provide rigidity to the cell walls of plants. but in most fungi, chitin performs this role. why is it logical that most fungi don't have lignin or cellulose?
Definition
fungi contain lignin perozidase and cellulase that break down lignin and cellulose
Term
explain how hydtrostatic skeleton works. how is it similar to exo and endo skeleotons? different?
Definition

fluid in the coelom stretches the body wall which pushes it under pressure. this allows the muslces to contract against the fluid.

 

 

Term
example of suspension feeder that moves and one that is sessile. how do they catch prey?
Definition

baleen whales take in water, squish out the water and eat the krill that's left behind.

sessile: 

Term
bilateral symmetry and cephalization correlated
Definition
bilateral symmetry separates body into 2 parts, tend to have narrow body, this led to the head on one end and locomotion on the posterier. capturing food is made easier with head directing, sensory organs first
Term
what is the interior tube in the tube within a tube body plan
Definition
the gut
Term
motile form of the cnidaria is
Definition
a medusa (the adult.. floats)
Term
platyhelminthes include
Definition
free living flatworms, tapeworms, edno and ectoparasitic flukes
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porifera differ from most other animals in that they
Definition
do not form true organs
Term
mollusks have a rasping feeding structure known as the
Definition
radula
Term
nematodes use for locomotion..
Definition
longitudinal muscles that contract in waves
Term
almost all major animals body plans appeared in the fossil recored over 500 million years ago in the
Definition
cambrian period
Term
during which era did the greates radiation of mammals occur?
Definition
cenozoic
Term
terrestrial mollusk without a shell belongs to
Definition
gastropoda (slugs)
Term
tentalces with suckers and head, large eyes, no segmentation..
Definition
cephalopoda (squid, octopi)
Term
nematodes have what kind of muscles
Definition
longitudinal, not circular
Term
athropod had a coelom, pseudocoelm?
Definition
reduced coelom
Term
how is water vascular system of echinoderms a type of hydroskeleton?
Definition
water  flows in through a hole, ciliea move the water through the tubes
Term
4 morphotypic traits of chordates
Definition

pharyngeal gill slits- used in suspension feeding

notochord- supportive, used in swimming

nerve cord- spinal cord in vertebrates

post anal tail0 used in swimming 

Term
evidence that jaws evolved from gill arches
Definition

gill arches and jaws are made of flattened bones that bend forward

same cells from the muscles of the arches and jaws

btoh came from the neural crest 

Term
what is a distinctive feature of the chondrichthyans?
Definition
(sharks) a cartilaginous endoskeleton
Term
dinosaurs dominated earth for
Definition
150 million years
Term
age of reptiles
Definition
mesozoic
Term
the oldest fossil remains of homo sapiens found so far date from about
Definition
160,000 years ago
Term
the common ancestors of all humans alive today lived in africa until about
Definition
50,000 years ago
Term
tunicates are
Definition
chordates
Term
chondrichthyans and osteichthyans are
Definition
cartiligous fish and bony fish
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