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NSC BIO 197 Animal Origins & Body Plans
NSC BIO 197 Animal Origins & Body Plans
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
02/25/2012

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Term
____ obtain energy and nutrients from other organisms and have intracellular digestion
Definition
Heterotrophs
Term
_______ are multicellular Eukaryotes with cells lacking a cell wall. They have tissues that develop from embryonic layers.
Definition
Animals
Term
Animals monophyly is supported by _____ & _____ _____
Definition
morphology and molecular data
Term
Name the 3 unique junctions between animal cells.
Definition
gap junctions
desmosomes
tight junctions
Term
animals extracellular matrix is made up of _____ and _____
Definition
collagen and proteoglycans
Term
The first animals are estimated to have evolved _____ years ago.
Definition
one billion
Term
The first animal fossils are from _____ years ago and are called _____.
Definition
575 million years ago
Ediacaran Fauna
Term
Animal ancestors were probably flagellated colonial _____, similar to Choanaflagellates.
Definition
Protists
Term
Animals diversified rapidly 550 MYA during the _____ _____
Definition
Cambrian Explosion
Term
Animals are now classified by _____ _____ and _____ _____.
Definition
developmental patterns
body plans
Term
In animals, development begins _______ after fertilization.
Definition
Immediately
Term
A fertilized egg is called a _____.
Definition
Zygote
Term
Most of the life cylce of animals is spent in the _____ phase.
Definition
Diploid (2N)
Term
Zygotes immediately undergo _____ after fertilization.
Definition
cleavage
Term
The multicellular stage of a zygote, when cells are arranged in the form of a hollow ball is called the _____.
Definition
Blastula
Term
The cup shaped multicellular stage of a zygote where tissue layers form is called the _____.
Definition
Gastrula
Term
The formation from blastula to gastrula in a zygote is called _____.
Definition
Gastrulation
Term
Cleavage patterns vary depending on the _____ of the egg.
Definition
Yolk
Term
_____ cleavage occurs when there is a large body of yolk concentrated in one part of the egg.
Definition
Incomplete
Term
In an incomplete cleavage of the egg, when there is a large body of yolk concentrated in one part of the egg, the embryo develops _____ _____ of the yolk mass.
Definition
On top
Term
_____ cleavage occurs when the yolk is evenly distributed throughout the egg.
Definition
Complete
Term
_____ cleavage occurs when a fertilized egg divides evenly with cells aligned one above the other. An ancestral state.
Definition
Radial
Term
_____ cleavage is when the egg divides evenly with planes of cell division diagonal to the vertival axis of the embryo.
Definition
Spiral
Term
Animals are also classified by the _____ _____ _____ _____ that will eventually differentiate into tissues.
Definition
Number of cell layers
Term
These animals have 2 cell layers. An outer ectoderm and an inner endoderm.
Definition
Diploblastic
Term
These animals have 3 layers of cells. An ectoderm, endoderm, and a mesoderm between them.
Definition
Triploblastic
Term
Triploblastic animals are divided into 2 major groups based on the overall pattern of _____.
Definition
Gastrulation
Term
Name the 2 major groups of triploblastic animals.
Definition
Protostomes and Deuterostomes
Term
A major group of triploblastic animals; the mouth develops blastopore, and the anus develops later.
Definition
Protostomes
Term
A major group of triploblastic animals; the anus develops from the blastopore, and the mouth forms later.
Definition
Deuterostomes
Term
In both protostomes and deuterostomes, the mouth or anus develops from the _____.
Definition
Blastopore
Term
The general structure of an animal and the arrangement of it's organ systems and functions is broken down into what 4 categories?
Definition
Body Symmetry
Structure of Body Cavity
Body Segmentation (if present)
External Appendages
Term
_____ symmetry is a body shaped with many equal parts radiating outward.
Definition
Radial
ex. Cnidarians & Echinoderms
Term
_____ symmetry is a body shape with a central longitudinal plane, divided into 2 equal, but opposite, halves.
Definition
Bilateral
Term
_____ is an evolutionary trend toward the concentration of nervous tissue and sensory organs on the anterior end of the body.
Definition
Cephalization
Term
A _____ has a specific body cavity, the animal lacks an internal fluid filled body cavity.
Definition
Acoelomate
ex. Flatworms
Term
A _____ is an animal that has an internal fluid filled body cavity that is partially lined with mesoderm tissue.
Definition
Pseudocoelomate
ex. Roundworms
Term
A _____ is an animal that has an internal fluid filled body cavity that is completely lined with mesoderm tissue.
Definition
Coelomate
ex. Earthworms & Mammals
Term
Body cavities in animals can act as _____ _____ and can facilitate movement; they are controlled by longitudinal and circular muscles.
Definition
Hydrostatic Skeletons
Term
Body _____ increases control over movement and facilitates specialization of different body regions.
Definition
Segmentation
Term
Appendages have many functions, name 4.
Definition
Locomotion
Feeding
Antennae
Reproduction
Term
Animals must _____ energy to gain energy.
Definition
Expend
Term
____ organisms don't move, and stay in one place most of the time.
Definition
Sessile
Term
_____ organisms are animals that can move around.
Definition
Motile
Term
Sessile and Motile organisms have different _____ strategies.
Definition
Feeding
Term
_____ feeders are animals that capture small organisms delivered to them by the environment.
Definition
Filter
Term
Many _____ organisms are filter feeders.
Definition
Sessile
ex. Bryozoans and Polychaetes
Term
Sessile animals still expend energy to gain energy by keeping the _____ moving.
Definition
Water
Term
_____ gain energy by eating plants.
Definition
Herbivores
Term
Herbivores usually don't expend much energy finding plants to eat. They expend energy during _____.
Definition
Digestion and detoxification
Term
_____ gain energy by eating animals.
Definition
Predators
Term
_____ are animals that live in or on other animals.
Definition
Parasites
Term
_____ are parasites that live inside their hosts.
Definition
Endoparasites
ex. tapeworms, roundworms
Term
_____ are parasites that live outside their hosts.
Definition
Ectoparasites
ex. ticks, leeches
Term
_____ obtain energy by feeding on decomposing organic matter.
Definition
Detritivores
Term
_____ carry out important ecosystem functions by contributing to nutrient cycling.
Definition
Detritivores
ex. earthworms, millipeds
Term
_____ can change their diets.
Definition
Omnivores
Term
_____ _____ is the name describing newborns closely resembling their adult organism.
Definition
Direct Development
Term
Many organisms undergo _____, which is a radical change between larval and adult forms.
Definition
Metamorphosis
Term
Most animals have a _____ stage in their life cycle.
Definition
Dispersal
Term
Sessile animals typically disperse as _____ or _____.
Definition
Eggs or Larvae
Term
Motile animals may disperse as _____, or upon reaching _____ _____.
Definition
Juveniles
Sexual Maturity
Term
Parasites often rely on _____ species for dispersal.
Definition
Host
Term
Name the 3 major groups of animals.
Definition
Sponges
Placozoans
Eumetazoans
Term
A major group of animals, made up of both diploblasts and triploblasts.
Definition
Eumetazoans
Term
Another name for Triploblastic is _____.
Definition
Bilaterian
Term
The common ancestor to sponges, placozoans, and eumetazoans had these 2 characteristics or traits:
Definition
Unique cell junctions.
Collagen & proteoglycans in extracellular matrix.
Term
_____ are the simplest animals, with no distinct tissue layers or organs.
Definition
Sponges
Term
Although sponges have no distinct organs they do have _____ _____.
Definition
Specialized cells
Term
A specialized cell in sponges, made up of collagen protein.
Definition
Spongin
Term
In sponges, a specialized collar cell is called ______.
Definition
Choanocyte
Term
Sponges feed on food particles suspendid in _____.
Definition
Water
Term
In sponges, water passes through the body aided by these collar cells.
Definition
Choanocytes
Term
Most sponges are _____.
Definition
Hermaphrodites
Term
Not much is known about these animals. They are diploblastic, discovered in aquaria, but not in nature. They have no mouth, no gut, and no nervous system.
Definition
Placozoans
Term
_____ are a type of Eumetazoan. They are diploblastic, have radial symmetry, use cilia for movement, use a sticky mucus secretion to capture prey. Are also called comb jellies.
Definition
Ctenophores
Term
_____ are Eumetazoans. They are diploblastic, have gastrovascular cavity in lieu of a gut, radial symmetry, polyp and medusa stages, capture prey with specialized cells called cnidocyctes with nematocysts.
Definition
Cnidarians
ex. portugese man-of-war
Term
In Cnidarians, the specialized cells used for capturing prey are called _____. It is the part that holds the nucleus, or the head.
Definition
Cnidocyte
Term
In a Cnidarian, the _____ are attached to the cnidocyte, and consist of barbs and spines to aid in prey capture.
Definition
Nematocyst
Term
Name the 3 groups of Cnidarians
Definition
Anthozoans
Hydrozoans
Scyphozoans
Term
Bilaterians, or Triploblastic animals, are broken down into 2 major groups, name them.
Definition
Protostomes
Deuterostomes
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