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ch 25 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pharynx | in free living flatworms the tubelike muslucar organs that can extend out of the mouth and suck food particles into the digestive tract. |
| flame cell | in flatworms a cilia lined bulblike cell that moves water adn certain substances into excretory tubules for elimanitoin outside the body. |
| ganglion | group of nerve cell bodies that coordinates incoming and outgoing nerve impulses |
| regeneration | ability to replace or regrow body parts misisng due to predation or damage. |
| scolex | parasitically adapted knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm having hooks and suckers that attaches to the hosts intestinal lining. |
| proglottid | continuously formed detachable section of a tapeworm that contains male and female reproductive organs flame cell muscles and nerves breaks off when its egg are fertilized and passes out of the hosts intestine. |
| hydrostatic skeleton | the pseudocoelom in roundworms the fluid within a closed space that gives rigid support for muscles to work against. |
| trichinosis | disease caused by eating raw or undercooked meat usually pork infected with trichenella iarvae. |
| mantle | membrane that surrounds a mollusks internal organs. |
| radula | rasping tongulike organ with rows of teeth that many mollusks use in feeding. |
| gill | respiratory structure of most mollusks and aquatic arthropods. |
| open circulatory system | blood is pumped out of vessels into open spaces surrounding body organs. |
| closed circulatory system | blood is confined to the vessels as it moves through the body. |
| nephridium | structure through which most mollusks eliminate metabolic wastes from cellular processes. |
| siphon | tubular organ through which octopuses and squids eject water at times so rapidly that their movemetn appears jet propelled. |
| crop | sac in which food and soil are stored until they pass to the earthworms gizzard |
| gizzard | muscular sac in birds that contain hard particles that help grind soil and food before they pass into the intestine. |
| seta | tiny bristle that digs into soil and anchors an earthworm as it moves forward. |
| clitellum | thickened band of segments that produce a cocoon from which young earthworms hatch. |