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Biology
WCHS Biology Chapter 27
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Mantle | a membrane that surrounds the internal organs of mollusks; in mollosks with shells, it secretes the shell |
| Radula | in some snails and mollusks, the rasping, tonguelike organ used to drill, scrape, grate, or cut food |
| Open Circulatory System | system where blood moves through vessels into open spaces around the body organs |
| Closed Circulatory System | system in which blood moves through the body enclosed entirely in a series of blood vessels; provides an effcient means of gas exchange within the body |
| Nephridia | organs that remove metabolic wastes from an animal's body |
| Setae | tiny bristils that help segmented worms move by anchoring their bodies in the soil so each segment can move the animal along |
| Gizzard | sac with muscular walls and hard particles that grind soil before it passes into the intestine; common in birds and annelids such as earthworms |