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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | animal with a backbone |
| endoskeleton | skeleton inside the body |
| invertebrate | animal without a backbone |
| exoskeleton | skeleton on the outside of the body |
| pores | tiny openings |
| poriferan | invertebrate animal with pores |
| spicule | small hard needlelike struture of a sponge |
| cnidarian | invertebrate animal with stinging cells and a hollowdy central cavity |
| polyp | cuplike form of a cnidarian |
| medusa | umbrella like form of a cnidarian |
| platyhelminth | type of worm with a flattened bo |
| parasite | organism that gets its food by living on or in the body of another organism |
| nematode | type of worm with a round body |
| annelid | type of worm with a segmented body |
| setae | tiny hairlike bristales |
| closed circulatory system | organ system in which blood moves through vessales |
| mollusk | soft bodied organism |
| mantle | thin membrane that covers a mollusks organs |
| radula | rough tonguelike organ of a snail |
| echinoderm | spiny skinned animal |
| water vascular system | sytem of tubes to transport water |
| tube feet | small structures of echinoderms used for movement and feeding |
| regeneration | ability to regrow lost parts |
| arthropod | animal with an exoskeleton and jointed legs |
| chitin | hard material that makes up the exoskeleton of arthropod |
| open circulatory system | system in which blood does not flow constantly through tubes |
| molting | process by which an animal sheds its outer covering |
| antenna | structure used for touch taste and smell |
| thorax | middle section of an insects body |
| abdomen | third section of an insects body |
| spiracle | opening to an air tube of a grasshopper |
| tympanum | hearing organ in a grass hopper |
| metamorphosis | series of development changes of an organism |
| larva | immature stage of many animals that ussally looks different from the adult form |
| pupa | resting stage during complete metamorphosis |
| cocoon | protetive covering around th pupa |
| nymph | young insects |