| Term | Definition |
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Antigen |
a protein on the surface of bacteria that the body recognizes so it can later remember it |
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Cnidaria |
radial symmetry + 2 tissue layers |
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sessile |
anchored in place and cannot escape predators |
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gastrovacular cavity |
digestive compartment where waste exits the mouth |
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nematoda |
roundworms |
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platyhelminthes |
flatworms w/ a gastrovacular cavity |
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mollusca |
snails, slugs, oysters, clams, octopuses, squids |
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foot |
muscular, functions in locomotion |
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visceral mass |
contains most of the internal organs |
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radula |
unique rasping organ that scrapes food |
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mantle |
fold of tissue that drapes over the visceral mass like a shell |
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gastropods |
belly foot, single spiraled shell |
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bivalves |
shells divided into 2 halves hinged together, mantle cavity with gills |
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cephalopods |
shell can be small/missing/internal, and mouth is at base of foot, and radula |
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arthropoda |
jointed appendages, hard exoskeleton, head, thorax, abdomen, open circulatory system |
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chelicerates/arachnids |
scorpions, ticks, spiders, insects, mites |
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crustaceans |
aquatic, lobsters, crayfish, crabs, shrimps, barnacles, krill... |
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Insects |
3 part body- head, thorax, abdomen, has a pair of antennae, 3 pairs of legs |
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echinodermata |
sea stars, sand dollars, slow moving, sessile marine animals, water vascular system |
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polyp |
cylindrical body w/ tentacles projecting from one end |
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medusa |
umbrella shape, fringe of tentacles around lower edge (jelly) |
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a diverse molluscs body plan consists of |
foot, visceral mass, mantle, radula, circulatory system |
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gastropods, bivalves, and cephalopods are all |
the major classes of molluscs |
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spiders have 8 legs and therefore: |
they are NOT INSECTS....insects have 6 legs |