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Biology
9th Grade
06/03/2008

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Cephalization
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all concentration of sensory structures and nerve cells in head.
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coelom
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peritoneum-lined cavity between the gut and body wall of most animals.
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cuticle
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body wall, protection. Annelids- thin flexible coat.Arthopods- lightweight exoskeletion hardened with proteins and chitin
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extoderm
Definition
outer skin layer
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herbivore
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eats plants!
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endoderm
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inner skin layer; inner gut lining
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filter feeder
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animal that filters food through currents of water flowing through body parts
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deuterostomes
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animal with bilateral symetery; anus forms through first indention in embryo
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exoskeleton
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external skeleton,

like the hardened cuticle of an arthopod

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mandible
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jaw
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hermaphrodite
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individual having both male and female gonads

 

gonad- primary reproductive organ in which animal gametes are produced

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predator
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heterotroph that feeds on other organisms, does not live in or on them and may or may not kill them
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malpighian tubules

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one of many small tubes that allow land dwelling insects to dispose of toxic waste without losing water
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radial symmetry
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animal body plan having 4 or more equal parts around a central axis, like a sea anenome

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mesoderm
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primary tissue layer for all large complex animals, gives rise to many internal organs
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bilateral symmetry
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body plan with axis from anterior to posterior ends;seperated from right and left side, and dorsal and ventral surface
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metamorphism
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major changes in froms of diffrent animals
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collar cell

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in sponge body wall, a flagellated cell with a collar of food trapping villi
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heterotroph

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unable to make its own organic compounds and feeds on autotrophs, othr heterotrophs and organic wastes
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autotroph

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makes its own food
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osculum
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 the hole in a sponge where the water exits
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epithelium
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animal tissue that covers external surfaces and lines internal cavities and tubes. 1 surface is free and the other lies on a basement membrane
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nematocyst
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cnidarian capsule that has a dischargeable tube shaped thread sometimes barbed; releases a toxin or sticky substance
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notochord
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rod of stiffened tissue that supports the body

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nerve cord
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prominent longitudial nerve; most animals have 1, 2 or 3.Chordate nervous systems arose from the dorsal nerve cord
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nerve net
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simple nervous system in epidermis of cnidarians and some other invertabrae
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pharyngeal slits
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