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| jointed structure of athropods such as legs, wings, or antennae |
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| closed circulatory system |
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| blood circulation system in which blood moves through the body in vessels |
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| digestive system sac in which earthworms store ingested soil |
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| thick, hard, outer covering that protects and supports arthropod bodies and provides places for muscles to attach |
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| organ that exchanges carbon dioxide for oxygen in the water |
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| muscular digestive system structure in which earthworms grind soil and organic matter |
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| thin layer of tissue that covers a mollusk's body organs |
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| process in which many insect species change their body form to become adults |
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| shedding and replacing of an arthropod's exoskeleton |
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| blood circulation system in which blood moves through vessels and into open spaces around the body organs |
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| in gastropods, the tongue like organ with rows of teeth used to scrape and tear food |
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| bristlelike structures on the outside of each body segment that helps segmented worms move |
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| opening in the abdomen and thorax of insects through which air enters and waste gases leave |
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| hydraulic, hollow, thin-walled tubes that end in suction cups and enable echinoderms to move |
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| network of water-filled canals that allow echinoderms to move, capture food, give off wastes, and exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen |
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