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Invertebrate animals
Overview of invertebrate animals
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Biology
10th Grade
05/08/2008

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invertebrate
Definition
do not have a backbone
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vertebrate
Definition
has a backbone
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radial symmetry
Definition
body parts that repeat around the center of the body
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bilateral symmetry
Definition
a single imaginary plane divides the body into two equal halves
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cephalization
Definition
the concentration of sense organs and nerve cells at the front end of the body
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choanocytes
Definition
specialized cells that use flagella to move water through a sponge
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osculum
Definition
the large hole at the top of the sponge where water exits the sponge
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spicule
Definition
a spike-shaped structure that acts as a skeleton for a sponge
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archaeocytes
Definition
produce spicules in a sponge; move around within the walls of the sponge
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hetertrophic
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an organism that must obtain its energy from the food that it consumes
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larva
Definition
an immature form of an organism
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cnidocytes
Definition
specialized stinging cells
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nematocyst
Definition
a poison-filled, stinging structure that contains a tightly coiled dart
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polyp
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a cnidarian with the form of a cylindrical body with armlike tentacles
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medusa
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motile, bell-shaped body with the mouth on the bottom
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gastrovascular cavity
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a digestive cavity with one opening
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nerve net
Definition
a loosely organized network of nerve cells
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hydrostatic skeleton
Definition
a layer of circular muscles and longitudinal muscles that together with water in the gastrovascular cavity enable the cnidarian to move
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acoelomates
Definition
without a coelom (a body cavity)
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coelom
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a fluid filled body cavity lined with tissue from the mesoderm
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pharnyx
Definition
a muscular tubelike mouth
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Flame cells
Definition
specialized cells that remove excess water from the body
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ganglia
Definition
groups of nerve cells
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eyespot
Definition
group of cells that can detect changes in the amount of light in the environment
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hermaphrodite
Definition
an individual that has both male and female reproductive organs
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fission
Definition
a organism splits in two parts and each half grows new parts to become a complete organism
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scolex
Definition
the head of a tapeworm
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proglottids
Definition
segments of a tapeworm's body
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testes
Definition
male reproductive parts
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anus
Definition
posterior opening of the digestive tract
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