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M Nin Ch.32 Animals
Basic animal stuff
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
03/08/2009

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Ingestion
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The first stage of food processing in animals; the act of eating.
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Bilateral Symmetry
Definition
Body symmetry in which a central longitudinal plane divides the body into two equal but opposite halves.
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Asymmetry
Definition
Lack of balance or symmetry
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Deuterostomes
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Animals in which the blastopore becomes an anus.
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Radial Symmetry
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Symmetry in which the body is shaped like a pie or barrel(lacking a left and right side) and can be divided into mirror-image halves by any plane by its central axis.
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Protostomes
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Animals in which the mouth arises from the blastopore.
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Body Plan
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The entire structure of an animal, its organ systems, and the integrated functioning of its parts are known as its body plan.
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Dorsal
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Pertaining to the top of an animal with radial or bilateral symmetry.
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Ventral
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Pertaining to the underside, or bottom, of an animal with bilateral symmetry.
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