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18 Cards in this Set
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-fluid-filled internal body cavity
-organisms having this characteristic |
-coelom
-coelomates |
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"first mouth"--animals in which the mouth arises from the blastopore--includes molluscs, annelids, and arthropods
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protostomes
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"second mouth"--animals in which the anus arises from the blastopore--includes echinoderms, protochordates, and chordates
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deuterostomes
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dividing embryo cellds are offset from one another
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spiral cleavage
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dividing embryo cells are aligned
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radial cleavage
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--process in which the ball of cells indents and grows inward
--opening of the indentation |
-gastrulation
-blastopore |
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--the body cavity is formed from a solid sheet of mesodermal cells splitting
--the body cavity is formed from outpocketings of the gut that pinch off |
--schizocoely
--enterocoely |
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mechanical structure in which the outer wall encloses a fluid core
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hydrostatic organ
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remnant of the notochord in adult mammals with a full vertebral column--a small core of gel lying between vertebrae
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nucleus pulposus
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part of digestive tract immidiately posterior to the mouth
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pharynx
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blocks of muscle
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myomeres
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aquatic, free floating lifestyle, often planktonic
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pelagic
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life on marine substrate, adult protochordates consist mostly of this type
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benthic
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retention of larval characteristics in the adult (two terms)
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paedomorphosis (neoteny)
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branch of protochordates with pharyngeal slits, dorsal nerve cord, but no notochord or postanal tail
--includes enteropneusta (acorn worms) and pterobranchia |
hemichordates
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group that includes hemi-, uro-, and cephalo-chordates
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protochordates
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larvae of hemichordates
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tornaria
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sexual characteristic in which sperm and eggs are produced in the same gonad
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protandrous
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