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Reproduction and Digestion
Reproduction in plants and animals and digestion in animals
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/24/2009

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First step in annelida
Definition
Aquisition, where the food is taken in through the mouth.
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Second step in annelida digestion
Definition
Storage, which takes place in the crop.
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Third step in annelida digestion
Definition
Fragmentation, where food is taken into the gizzard and ground up with swollowed dirt.
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Fourth step in annelida digestion
Definition
Absorption and digestion, which takes place in the intestines.
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Tunica mucosa
Definition
Has simple columnar epithelium, which forms glands on the outside which is responsible for digestion.
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Tunica submucosa
Definition
Made of connective tissue, embedded with vascular tissue. It picks up nutrients and transports them.
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Tunica muscularis
Definition
Made of smooth muscle oriented circular and longitudenally. It facilitates peristalsis.
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Tunica adventitia (serosa)
Definition
Connective tissue layer that binds blood vessels and nerves. Made of two layers called the outer parietal peritenium and the inner visceral peritenium.
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Budding
Definition
Group of cells develop attached to the body. Bud breaks off.
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Gemmules
Definition
Diploid cells form in a sac inside the body and are then dispersed into the environment.
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Fragmentation
Definition
Pieces regenerate into offspring.
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Parthenogenesis
Definition
Haploid cell develops w/o fertilization
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Perimetrium
Definition
Connective tissue for anchoring.
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Myometrium
Definition
Made of smooth muscle for contractions.
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Endometrium
Definition
Where embryo attaches and develops. Plays role in formation of placenta.
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Simple fruit
Definition

A fruit derived from a single carpel or several fused carpels.

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Aggregate fruit
Definition
A fruit derived from a single flower that has more than one carpel.
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Multiple fruit
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A fruit derived from a group of flowers clustered together.
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Accessory fruit
Definition
A fruit in which the fleshy parts are derived from a tissue other than the ovary.
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