Animal Terms II
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7-2science on January 22, 2009
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Occitan | English |
|---|---|
| INVERTEBRATE |  Any animal without a backbone |
| BILATERAL SYMMETRY | A body with two similar halves |
| RADIAL SYMMETRY | Body parts are arranged in a circle around a central point |
| ASYMMETRICAL | Without symmetry |
| GANGLIA | Nerve cells in groups controlling different body parts |
| GUT | A pouch lined with cells that release powerful enzymes to digest food in animals |
| COELOM | Special space in an animal's body for the gut and other organs |
| OPEN CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | A simple heart pumps blood through blood vessels that empty into sinuses |
| CLOSED CIRCULATORY SYSTEM | A heart circulates blood through a network of blood vessels that form a closed loop |
| SEGMENT | Identical, or almost identical, repeating body parts |
| EXOSKELETON | An external skeleton made of protein and chitin |
| COMPOUND EYE | Eye made of many identical light-sensitive cells |
| ANTENNAE | Feelers that respond to touch, taste, and smell |
| MANDIBLE | Jaw found on some arthropods |
| METAMORPHOSIS | When an animal changes form as it develops an egg to an adult |
| COMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS | 4 stages of development & larva looks much different than adult |
| INCOMPLETE METAMORPHOSIS | 3 stages of development & nymph looks like adult |
| ENDOSKELETON | An internal skeleton |
| WATER VASCULAR SYSTEM | System uses water pumps to help the animal move, eat, breathe, and sense its environment |
| PORIFERA | Phylum name for sponges |
| CNIDARIA | Phylum name for coelentrates |
| PLATYHELMINTHES | Phylum name for flatworms |
| NEMATODA | Phylum name for roundworms |
| ANNELIDA | Phylum name for segmented worms |
| MOLLUSCA | Phylum name for mollusks |
| ARTHROPODA | Phylum name for arthropods |
| ECHINODERMATA | Phylum name for echinoderms |
| POLYP | Cnidarian that is shaped like a vase |
| MEDUSA | Cnidarian that looks like a mushroom with tentacles |
| ARTHROPOD | Means "jointed foot" |
| ECHINODERM | Means "spiny skin" |
| CEPHALOTHORAX | Combination of head and thorax of some arthropods |
| CEPHALOPOD | Highly advanced mollusks with tentacles right next their heads |
| BIVALVE | Mollusks whose bodies are surrounded by a shell with 2 halves |
| GASTROPOD | Means "stomach foot" |
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