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D's Chapter 9 Invert
Chapter 9 Invertabra's
| 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 | Invertabrate animal with pores |
| Spicule | Small, hard, needlelike structure on a sponge |
| Cnidarion | invertebrate animal with stinging cells and a hollow central cavity |
| Polyp | cuplike form of a cnidarion |
| Medusa | umbrella-like form of a cnidarian |
| Platyhelminth | type of worm with a flattened body |
| 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 bristles |
| Closed circulatory system | organ system in wich blood moves through vessels |
| Mollusk | soft-bodied organism |
| Mantle | thin membrane that covers a mollusk organs |
| Radula | rough,tounge-like organ of snail |
| Echinoderm | spiny-skinned animal |
| Water-vascular system | system of tubes used to transport water |
| Tube Feet | small structures of echinoderms used for movement and feeling |
| Regeneration | ability to regrow lost parts |
| Arthropod | animal with an exoskeloton and jointed legs |
| Chitin | hard material that makes up the exoskeleton of arthropods |
| Open circulatory system | circulartty system in wich blood does not flow constantly through tubes |
| Molting | processes by witch an animal sheds uts outer cter covering |
| Antenna | strucute that is used to tuch and taste |
| thorax | middle section of a insects body |
| abdomen | third section of an insects body |
| spiricle | opening to an air tube of grass hopper |
| tympanum | hearing organ in grasshoper |
| Metamophia | series of devoloment changes of an inviroment |
| pupa | resting stage during complete relaxation |
| cocon | protective covering around the pupa |
| nymph | young insect that looks like adult |