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61 Cards in this Set
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CELL JUNCTION
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CONNECTION BETWEEN CELLS THAT HOLDS THEM TOGETHER AS A UNIT
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DIFFERENTIATION
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A PROCESS IN WHICH THE CELLS OF A MULTICELLULAR INDIVIDUAL BECOME SPECIALIZED DURING DEVELOPMENT
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INVERTEBRATE
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AN ANIMAL WITHOUT A BACKBONE
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NEURON
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A CELL THAT TRASMITS ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
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SPECIALIZATION
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THE DIFFERENTIATION OF A CELL FOR A PARTICULAR FUNCTION
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VERTEBRATE
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AN ANIMAL WITH A BACKBONE
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ZYGOTE
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THE DIPLOID CELL THAT RESULTS FROM THE FUSION OF GAMETES
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ANTERIOR
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THE FRONT END OF A BILATERALLY SYMMETRICAL ORGANISM
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BILATERAL SYMMETRY
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IN ANIMALS A BODY PLAN IN WHICH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES MIRROR EACH OTHER
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CEPHALIZATION
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CONCENTRATION OF NERVE TISSUE AND SENSORY ORGANS AT THE ANTERIOR END OF AN ORGANISM
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CHORDATE
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AN ANIMAL THAT AT SOME STAGE OF ITS LIFECYCLE HAS A DORSAL NERVE A NOTOCHORD AND PHARANGEAL POUCHES SUCH AS MAMMALS BIRDS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS FISH AND SOME MARINE LOWER FORMS
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DORSAL
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THE TOP OF A BILATERALLY SYMMETRICAL ANIMAL
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DORSAL NERVE CORD
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A NEUTRAL TUBE DORSAL TO THE NOTOCHORD
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GERM LAYER
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A SPECIFIC LAYER OF CELLS IN AN EMBRYO WHICH SPECIFIC ORGAN SYSTEMS ARE DEIVERED
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NOTOCHORD
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A FLEXIBLE ROD OF TISSUE FOUND IN THE DORSAL PART OF CHORDATES
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PHARYNGEAL POUCH
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A SMALL OUTPOCKET OF THE ANTERIOR GUT IN A CHORDATE
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POSTANAL TAIL
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CONSISTS OF MUSCLE TISSUE AND LIES BEHIND THE POSTERIOR OPENING OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT
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POSTERIOR
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THE BACK OR DORSAL SIDE OF AN ORGANISM
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RADICAL SYMMETRY
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IN ANIMALS AN ARRANGEMENT OF BODY PARTS AROUND A CENTRAL AXIS
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SYMMETRY
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STIMULI FROM ALL DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
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VENTRAL
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THE BOTTOM OF A BILATERALLY SYMMETRICAL ORGANISM
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CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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THE SYSTEM THAT DISTRIBUTES OXYGEN AND NUTRIENTS TO CELLS IN ALL PARTS OF THE BODY
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CLOSED CIRULATORY SYSTEM
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A SYSTEM IN WHICH BLOOD IS CONTAINED WITHIN VESSELS AS IN THE HUMAN CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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DIRECT DEVELOPMENT
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YOUNG ANIMAL IS BORN WITH SAME APPEARANCE AS AN ADULT NO LARVAL STAGE OCCURS
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ENDOSKELETON
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AN INTERNAL SKELETON
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EXOSKELETON
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THE HARD EXTERNAL COVERING OF SPME INVERTEBRATES THAT PROVIDE PROTECTION AND SUPPORT
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GAS EXCHANGE
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WHERE CARBON DIOXIDE IN THE BLOOD MUST BE EXCHANGED BY OXYGEN
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GILL
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IN MUSHROOMS ONE OF THE RADIATING ROWS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAP IN ANIMALS AN ORGAN SPECIALIZED FOR THE EXCHANGE OF GASES WITH WATER
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GUT
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DIGESTIVE TRACT
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INTEGUMENT
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IN PLANTS ONE OR TWO OUTER LAYERS OF THE OVULE IN ANIMALS THE OUTER COVERING
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KIDNEY
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AN EXCETORY ORGAN IN WHICH WASTES ARE FILTERED FROM THE BLOOD
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LARVA
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AN IMMATURE FORM OF AN ORGANISM THAT IS MORPHOLOGICALLY DISTINCT FROM THAT OF AN ADULT
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LUNG
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THE RESPIRATORY ORGAN WHERE GAS EXCHANGE OCCURS
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OPEN CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
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A SYSTEM IN WHICH THE CIRCULATORY FLUID IS NOT CONATINED ENTIRELY WITHIN VESSELS
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SEGMENTATION
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DIVISION OF BODY INTO UNITS
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VERTEBRA
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ONE OF THE REPEATING BONY UNITS OF THE BACKBONE
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ACOELOMATE
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AN ANIMAL WITHOUT A COELOM OR BODY CAVITY OR BODY CAVITY
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BLASTOCOEL
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THE CENTRAL CAVITY OF A BLASTULA
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BLASTOPORE
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A DEPRESSION FORMED WHEN CELLS OF THE BLASTULA MOVE FOWARD
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BLASTULA
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A HOLLOW BALL OF CELLS FORMED WHEN A ZYGOTE UNDERGOES REPEATED CYCLES OF CELL DIVISION
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CLEAVAGE
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THE DIVISIONS OF THE ZYGOTE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING FERTILIZATION
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COELOM
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A BODY CAVITY FORMED WITHIN THE MESODERM
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COELOMATE
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ANIMALS WITH A TRUE COELOM
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DETERMINE CLEAVAGE
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A PROCESS IN WHICH EACH CELL DEVELOPS INTO A SPECIFIC PART OF THE GASTRULA
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DEUTEROSTOME
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AN ORGANISM IN WHICH THE BLASTOPORE DEVELOPS INTO THE ANUS AND THE COELOM ARISES BT ENTEROCOELY AND WHOSE EMBRYO HAS INDERTERMINATE CLEAVAGE
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ECTODERM
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THE OUTERMOST OF THE THREE GERM LAYERS OF THE GASTRULA THAT DEVELOPS INTO THE EPIDERMIS AND EPIDERMAL TISSUES, NERVOUS SYSTEM, EXTERNAL SENSE PRGANS, AND THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES LINING THE MOUTH AND ANUS
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ENDODERM
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THE INTERMOST THREE GERM LAYERS
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ENTEROCOELY
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THE PROCESS OF MESODERM FORMATION IN DEUTEROSTOMES IN WHICH THE COELOM FORMS IN FOLDED MESODERM
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GASTRULA
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THE CUP SHAPED EMBRYO FORMED AS THE BLASTULA FOLDS INWARD
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GASTRULATION
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MULTILAYERED EMBRYO
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INDETERMINATE CLEAVAGE
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A PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT IN WHICH THR FUNCTIONAL DESTINY OF EACH C ELL IS NOT DETERMINED EARLY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMBRYO
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MESODERM
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A LAYER OF CELLS IN THE GASTRULA THAT GIVES RISE TO MUSCLES AND TO INTERIOR BODY LININGS
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PROTOSTOME
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AN ORGANISM IN WHICH THE BLASTOPORE DEVELOPS INTO THE MOUTH AND THE COELOM ARISES BY SCHIZOCOELY AND WHOSE EMBRYO HAS DETERMINATE CLEAVAGE
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PSEUDOCOELOM
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IN ANIMALS A CAVITY BETWEEN THE MESODERM AND THE ENDODERM
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PSEUDOCOELOMATE
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A RETRACTILE TEMPORARY CYTOPLASMIC EXTENSION THAT FUNCTIONS IN MOVEMENT IN CERTAIN AMEBOID ORGANISMS
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RADIAL CLEAVAGE
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IN DEUTEROSTOMES THE DIVISION OF CELLS PARALLEL TO OR AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE POLAR AXIS OF A FERTILIZED EGG
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SCHIZOCOELY
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THE METHOD OF COELOM FORMATION IN PROTOSTOMES THAT INVOLVES SPLITTING EMBRYONIC MESODERM INTO TWO LAYERS
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SPIRAL CLEAVAGE
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IN PROTOSTOMES THE DIVISION OF CELLS IN A SPIRAL ARRANGEMENT
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ACOELOMATE
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FLATWORMS
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INGESTION
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ANIMAL TAKES IN ORGANIC MATERIAL USUALLY IN THE FORM OF OTHER LIVING THINGS
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HERMAPHRODITE
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PRODUCES BOTH MALE AND FEMALE GAMETES ALLOWING SINGLE INDIVIDUAL TO FUNCTION AS BOTH MALE AND FEMALE
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