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Animal terms
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| choanocytes | cells which line the pores in sponges and move the water with their flagella |
| spicule | skeletal structure in sponges |
| osculum | excretes water from the sponge |
| ostia | opening of the sponge |
| colloblast | shoot sticky stuff onto the prey of ctenophora |
| cnidocytes | cell which fires nematocyst in cnidaria |
| mesoglea | substance which makes up bodies of jellyfish and comb jellies |
| metanephridia | like kidneys in annelids |
| setae | bristle/hairs on annelids |
| crop | stores food prior to digestion in annelids |
| visceral mass | internal organs in molluscs |
| radula | like the teeth of molluscs |
| spiracles | openings on the surface of arthropods that lead to the digestive tract |
| malpighian tubule | excratory system in arthropods |
| eyespots | allows platyhelmninthes to see |
| branched digestion | in platyhelminthes |
| cuticle, all the same shape--under pressure | nematoda |
| wheel cilian | scoop stuff into mouth of rotifera |