• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/184

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

184 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back
the majority of animals live in _____ habitats
aquatic
_______ are by far the most successful group of animals and include more than 95% of known animal species
invertebrates
animals are _____trophs that ingest food and digest it with the aid of ______
hetero

internal enzymes
animals are _____cellular eukaryotes that lack ______ and rely on _____ for structural support
multi
cell walls
proteins
what two types of cells are unique to animals?
nerve and muscle cells
animals display _____ reproduction with a dominant _____ stage
sexual
diploid
animal sperm cells are _____ and eggs are _____
flagellated
nonmotile
what is embryological cleavage?
mitotic divisions of a zygote without cell growth between divisions
embryological cleavage results in a _____ where ______ forms embryonic tissue _______ that _______ into specific structures as development proceeds
gastrula
enfolding
layers
differentiate
what four morphological traits are the primary points of diversion for animals
symmetry
tissues
body cavity
embryological development
three types of symmetry?
asymmetrical, radial, bilateral
three types of tissues?
lacks true tissues
diploblastic
triploblastic
three body cavity types?
acoelomate
pseudocoelomate
coelomate
2 types of embryological development?
protostome
deuterostome
molecular evidence splits the protostomes into two clades:
ecdysozoa
lophotrochozoa
what are the fancy terms for
front
top
back
bottom

(imagine a frog)
anterior
dorsal
posterior
ventral
radially symmetrical animals can be
bisected in multiple planes and yield the same sections
bilaterally symmetrical animals have distinct
dorsal, ventral, anterior, posterior, and right and left sides
if a bilaterally symmetrical animal is bisected, the sections (will/will not) be the same
will not
our understanding of evolutionary relationships is under revision as the _______ evidence is incorporated into older models based on _______ and _____
molecular
morphology
development
animals share a common ______ and comprise a _______ clade called _____
ancestry
monophyletic
metazoa
sponges are ______ animals. they lack ________ and are usually ______. molecular evidence indicates that they may be split into ____ group(s)
basal
true tissues
asymmetrical
two
except for sponges, animals have ______ and are placed in the clade ________. the basal animals of this clade are the ______
true tissues
eumetazoa
Cnidarians
Cnidarians are ___blastic and have _____ symmetry
diplo
radial
animals in the clade bilateria are ______ symmetrical and _____blatic. their body plans may be ______
bilaterally
triplo
acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, coelomate
the Endysozans and the Lophotrochozoa belong to the clade ______
Protostomia
The clade Protostomia consists of the ______ and the _____
Endysozans

Lophotrochozoa
Echinoderms, hemichordates, and chordates belong to the clade _______
Deuterostomia
the clade Deuterostomia consists of _____, _____, and ______
echinoderms
hemichordates
chordates
sponges were formerly classified as
Poriferans
members of the _____ group are the "glass sponges"
Silicea
Silicea sponges are characterized by a skeleton composed of _________ and live mainly in _______ environments
silica spicules

deep water
members of the group Calcarea possess _____ composed of ________ and live in____
spicules
calcium carbonate
shallow waters
two types of sponges?
Silicea
Calcarea
molecular and morphological studies both indicate the ancient animal ancestor likely resembled a modern _____
collared flagellate (choanoflagellate)
the primary link between choanflagellates and sponges are the _______ of sponges called _____
filter feeding cells

choanocytes
choanocytes are similar to the ________ of the choanoflagellates in structure and function and are not present in ___ or _____
collar cells
plants
fungi
what is a proterospongia
a colony of choanoflagellates
what is a monosiga
a single choanoflagellate
all sponges are _____ and most are ______
aquatic
marine
adult sponges are _____ and live their lives attached to a ______
sessile
substrate
sponges reproduce asexually by _____ or by ______
budding
fragmentation
sexually, sponges are serial ______
hermaphrodites
sponges avoid self-fertilization by
functioning as one gender before switching to the other gender
the only mobile stage of sponges is
the free-swimming larva
in addition to choanocytes, sponges have ______
amoebocytes
3 functions of amoebocytes
engulf and digest food

transport nutrients through the sponge body

manufacture skeletal fibers
3 materials sponge fibers may be made of
calcium carbonate
silica
a protein called spongin
what type of sponge did we look at
Grantia
sponges are organized around a system of _____
canals
in sponges, water is drawn through ______ into the central ______ before exiting out the ______
incurrent pores
spongocoel
osculum
_____ line the inner spongocoel and strain particles from the water
choanocytes
sponge groups are differentiated by the arrangement of ______
choanocytes
the most primitive ______ sponges have choanocytes lining an open spongocoel
asconoid
in ______ sponges, choanocytes line canals extending from the spongocoel
synconoid
in _______ sponges, choanocytes are distributed along the surface of chambers that branch off canals leading away from the spongocoel
leuconoid
three types of sponges (determined by choanocyte arrangement) in order of increasing complexity
asconoid
synconoid
leuconoid
another name for incurrent pores?
porocyte
Cnidarians are named for specialized cells called
cnidocytes
cnidocytes contain stinging organelles called
nematocyts
cnidarians are the first group of animals to show
diploblastic development
diploblastic development results in two true tissue layers forming from embryonic
ectoderm and endoderm
in diploblastic development, the ectoderm forms the _____ and the endoderm forms the ______
epidermis
gastrodermis
the primitive nervous system of Cnidaria consists of a _____ at the interface of the two tissue layers
neural net
between the epidermis and gastrodermis is a _______ called the ______ which comprises the bulk of the cnidarian body
gelatinous matrix
mesoglea
the fossil record shows that the basic body plan of cnidaria has remained relatively unchanged for about _____ years
570 million
cnidaria are ______ symmetrical with a ______ that serves as both a gut and a __________
radially
gastrovascular cavity
hydrostatic skeleton
how many openings are there in the gastrovascular cavity of a cnidarian
one (serves as mouth and anus)
Cnidarians have two variations on the basic body plan: the sessile ____ and the mobile _____
polyp
medusa
the four classes of Cnidarians are distinguished by differences in
the two basic Cnidarian body types
what are the four classes of Cnidarians?
Hydrozoa
Scyphozoa
Cubozoa
Anthozoa
Obelia and Hydra belong to the class
Hydrozoa
a class with both polyp and medusa stages; polyp stage often colonial
Hydrozoa
class with reduced polyp stage and free swimming medusa
Scyphozoa
jellies belong to the class
Schyphozoa
box jellies and sea wasps belong to the class
Cubozoa
class with box-shaped medusa and eyes
Cubozoa
class with no medusa stage; sessile; often colonial
Anthozoa
sea anemones and most corals belong to the class
Anthozoa
which stage is dominant in most hydrozoans
polyp
what hydrozoans did we study
Obelia and Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia)
Obelia colony supports two types of polyps: _____ and ____
feeding
reproductive
feeding polyps have ____ and provide ____ for the organism
tentacles
nutrients
reproductive polyps lack _____ and release _____ capable of ______ reproduction
tentacles
medusae
sexual
a Portuguese man-of-war (Physalia) colony consists of a large gas-filled _______ that supports the colonial _____
medusa
polyps
medusae begin as stacked ringlets of cells within reproductive polyps called
young medusa buds
feeding polyps trail as far as ______ from the float (Portuguese man-of-war)
60 feet/18 meters
Physalia (Portuguese man-of-war) stinging cells are capable of
killing small fish
in jellies the ____ is dominant and the ______ greatly reduced
medusa
polyp
sense organs that help determine the jelly's position in the water column
statocysts
jelly anatomy: the ______ is surrounded by ______ while ______ in ______ surround the gastric system. _____ extend from the gastric system to the edge of the bell. on the outside are ____ and ______
mouth
oral arms (tentacles)
gonads
gastric pouches
radial canals
tentacles
statocysts
anthozoans exist only as
polyps
anthozoans reproduce asexually by ______ or sexually by _____
fragmentation
production of gametes
tiny holes in corals mark the location from which
polyps secreted the calcareous skeleton
what are the partitions in a sea anenome body called
mesenteries
most anemones capture and consume
small fish
a few anemones form symbiotic associations with
clownfish
what adaptation does the clownfish have to keep it from being stung by anemone cnidocytes
a mucous layer
nematodes and arthropods are
ecdysozoans
ecdysis means
to molt
ecdysozoa is characterized by animals that
shed a tough outer cuticle, enter a growth period, and secrete a new cuticle
there are more _______ than all other eukaryotes combined
ecdysozoans
ecdysozoa are _____blastic
triplo
three tissue layers of a triploblastic organism
endoderm
mesoderm
ectoderm
in an organism with a true coelom, internal organs are attached to the ______ by _______
mesoderm
mesentery membranes
two patterns of embryonic development that generate a true coelom?
protostome
deuterostone
results from the splitting of the embryonic mesoderm
protostome development
protostome development results in a _______ coelom
schizocoelous
deuterostome development results in a ______ coelom
enterocoelous
results from mesodermal outpocketings of the primitive gut, or enteron
deuterostome development
deuterostome animals include ______ and ______
echinoderms
chordates
protostome cell division is ______
determinate
protostome cleavage is _____
spiral
what does determinant cell division mean?
mitotic division of the zygote produces daughter cells whose fate is committed to the production of a specified body part
the opening to the developing gut cavity of the gastrula
blastopore
in protostomes, the blastopore becomes the _____
mouth
protostome means
first mouth
deuterostomes have ______ division
indeterminate
deuterostomes have a ____ cleavage pattern so the daughter cells ______
radial

align above each other
the deuterostome blastopore contributes to the formation of the _____
anus
deuterostome means
first mouth
roundworms are part of the phylum
nematoda
the triploblastic structure is necessary for the formation of
organs and organ systems
what is the significant evolutionary milestone in roundworms?
the appearance of a functional body cavity
roundworms are abundant in _______, _______, and are _______ in plant and animal tissues
aquatic habitats
moist soils
parasitic
what roundworm did we look at
nematode
nematodes have a ______ body plan
pseudocoelomate
pseudocoelomates are characterized by a ______ lined by _____ and a body cavity, the ______ that is partially lined by ______
digestive tract
endoderm
pseudocoel
mesoderm
the characteristic thrashing motion of nematodes results from the action of ________ against a fluid filled _______
opposing longitudinal muscles

pseudocoel
most nematodes require a _____ for efficient motion
dense substrate
the free-living nematode, Turbatrix aceti (vinegar eel) is easily cultured in _____ with a _____
apple cider vinegar
ripe apple
___ nematode species are known to infect humans
50
__________ is the causative agent of Trichinosis, and is the main reason why pork is considered unclean
Trichinella
encysted Trichinella cause host cells to generate ______ capable of _____, and even induce the host to form additional ______ to assure _______ to the parasite
elastic membranes
housing growing larvae
blood vessels
a stable food supply
Trichinella can cause
muscle damage
________ is a tropical parasite that may grow a foot or more in length
Ascaris lumbricoides
a female Ascaris lumbricoides lays _______ eggs per day
200,000+
seven steps of an Ascarid infection through a human host
1. one or more eggs are swallowed
2. eggs hatch in intenstine
3. larvae burrow through body
4. larvae reach lungs
5. larvae work up the bronchial tubes to the pharynx
6. larvae are swallowed, pass through the stomach, and return to the intestine
7. larvae develop into adults, mate, and lay eggs which are voided with the host's feces
difference between male and female Ascaris?
males: smaller, distinct curl on posterior end

females: larger, tapered on both ends
in the Ascaris, the outer layer is proteinaceous ______. at the antierior end, the ____ is surrounded by three ______. The subterminal, _____ is slightly anterior to the end of the worm on the ____ surface
cuticle
mouth
lips
anus
ventral
in the Ascaris, the _____ is a long, straight tube running from mouth to anus. the reproductive systems are _____
intestine
long, coiled tubes
Ascaris female: ___-shaped reproductive system. each arm has a thin ____, which expands to form an ____, and eventually a ______. the uteri join to form a _____ which empties to the exterior via the ______
Y
ovary
oviduct
uterus
vagina
genital pore
Ascaris male: reproductive system is ______. the solid end is the ____ which looks like a small white thread coiled in the posterior third of the pseudocoel. it expands to form the _____. the (previous) expands to form the ______ which stores sperm. the male tube decreases prior to entering the ____ and exiting through the ____. two retractile ______ aid sperm transfer during copulation
a single coiled tube
testis
sperm duct
seminal vesicle
cloaca
anus
copulatory spicules
Ascaris: the outer layer of the body wall is the ______. below that is the ______ which secretes it.
cuticle
epidermis
Ascaris: the cuticle and the epidermis make up the _____
integument
Ascaris: inside the integument is the ________ layer. the space in the interior of the worm is the _______, or body cavity where the organs are located
longitudinal muscle
pseudocoel
Ascaris: the ______ may be flattened, or dilated and large. at high power the ______ that comprises the gastrodermal walls can be distinguished
intestine
columnar epithelium
female Ascrais: reproductive structures are _____ when sectioned. the _____ are solid while ____ and ______ are hollow except for the eggs.
coiled
ovaries
oviducts
uteri
female Ascaris: the _____ is a little larger than the ovary and has a small _______. the -____ are large, with a muscular wall, which contains shelled "eggs" in various stages of development
oviduct
lumen
uteri
male Ascaris: the ____ are small, solid, and enclosed by epithelium. they are filled with small, round _______ which undergo mitosis to produce spermatogonia
testis
primordial germ cells
male Ascaris: the _______ is slightly larger than the testis. the interior is filled with ______ undergoing spermatogenesis. the _______ stores spermatozoa
sperm duct
spermatogonia
seminal vesicle
spiders, insects, and crustaceans belong to the phylum
Arthropoda
what is the most successful animal group on the planet, with more than 1 million species inhabiting nearly every possible environment
arthropods
three basic shared characteristics of arthropods
segmentation
a chitinous exoskeleton
jointed appendages
in insects, the body is divided into
head, thorax, abdomen
arthropods: each region of the body may be subdivided into segments w/ specialized _______ that range from _____ to _____
jointed appendages
antennae
walking legs
arthropods have a well developed ________ with effective _________ that control a variety of complex behaviors, like flight
nervous system
sensory receptors
early arthropods are represented in the fossil record by an extinct taxon, _______, that was abundant in the ______ Era
Trilobita
Paleozoic
Trilobita had pronounced ________ but little ________
segmentation
specialization
spiders belong to the subphylum
cheliceriformes
name the subphylum: body has 1-2 parts; 6 pair of appendages, chelicerae; pedipalps; 4 pair legs
cheliceriformes
millipedes and centipedes belong to the subphylum
myriapoda
name the subphylum: 1 pair antennae, mandibles, some herbivorous with 2 pair walking legs/segment; others carnivorous with 1 pair walking legs/segment
myriapoda
millipedes and centipedes: which is carnivorous and which herbivorous
millipedes: herbivorous

centipedes: carnivorous
insects belong to the subphylum
hexapoda
name the subphylum: body has 3 parts, 1 pair antennae; 3 pair legs, two pair wings
hexapoda
crabs belong to the subphylum
crustacea
name the subphylum: body 2-3 parts; 2 pair antennae; mandibles, 3+ pair of legs
crustacea
chelicerates lack
antennae and mandibles
first pair of chelicerates' appendages are
chelicerae
chelicerae are modified to form
pincers or fangs
cheliceriformes have a two-part body plan with an anterior _______ and a posterior ______
cephalothorax
abdomen
cheliceriformes include (4 examples)
horseshoe crabs
scorpions
ticks
spiders
cheliceriformes' legs are attached to the
cephalothorax
the chelicerae are beneath the
first pair of eyes
spiders only consume the _____ of their prey
fluids
a spiders mouth is hidden beneath ____ that are used to ____
hairs
filter solid materials
on either side of the chelicerae are appendages called the _______
pedipalps
in male spiders, the tips of the pedipalps contain the ______ which stores sperm
tarsal organ
in female spiders, the abdomen has a furrowed area bordered by patches of color called the ______, whose two tiny openings lead to the reproductive tract
epigynum
spiders: a highly folded membrane with a rich supply of blood capillaries
book lung
book lungs are used for
respiratory gas exchange
spiders: at the tip of the abdomen are the _____
spinnerets
all extant members of the myriapoda group are
terrestrial