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Biology 1500
Part of Exam 2
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/16/2009

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1.
Ctenophora - Comb Jelly's
Definition
Have Radial or Biradial symmetry; Nerve Net
Term
2. Poriferia - Sponges
Definition
No Symmetry tissues or organs
Term
3. Cnidaria - Jellyfish; Coral Builders
Definition
Radial symmetry, epithelium, saclike gut, nerve net and muscle
Term
4. Platyhelminthes - Flatworms
Definition
Simplest organism with Bilateral
1st with organs, cephalization and bilateral nerve cord
Term
5. Nematoda - Roundworms
Definition
1st with tube type digestive system
-pinworms and heart worms
Term
6. Mollusca - clams, squids, octopi
Definition
1st with advanced body cavity
Term
7. Annelida - earthworms, leeches
Definition
1st with segmentation and closed circulatory system
Term
8. Arthropods - spiders, insects
Definition
Greatest number in a spp
Hard exoskeleton, jointed appendages, separate feeding and reproductive
Term
9. Chordata
Definition
-Have notochord, nerve cord, pharynx and tail
-includes two invert classes - tunicate and lancelets
Term
10. Vertebrates - chordates with backbone and encased brain
Definition
1.Evolution of more ridgid backbone
2.NS localized more in the brain and spinal cord
3.Increased efficiency of respiratory and circulatory systems
4.increased specialization of extremities into limbs
Term
Agnatha
Definition
Jawless Fish
Term
Chondrichthyes
Definition
Cartilaginous fish (sharks and rays)
Term
Osteichthyes
Definition
Bony fishes; most numerous and diverse vertrates
Term
Amphibia
Definition
amphibians; arose from fish
Term
Reptilia
Definition
arose from amphibians;
first to not be dependent on standing water
-Cerebral cortex first evolved
Term
Aves
Definition
Birds
Arose from Dinosaurs
Only verts with feathers
Term
Mammalia
Definition
Evolved from reptiles
Only verts with hair and mammary glands
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