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ch 27
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pedicellaria | small pincher that helps echinoderms catch food and remove foreign materials from the skin. |
| water vascular system | system of fluid filled closed tubes that allow echinoderms to control movement and get food. |
| madreportie | strainerlike opening through which water enters the water vascular system in most echinoderms. |
| tube foot | one of the muscular small fluid filled tubes with suction cuplike ends that enable echinoderms to move and collect food |
| ampulla | in echinoderms the muscular sac that contracts to force water into the tube foot allowing it to extend. |
| chordate | animal of the phylum chordata having a dorsal tubular nerve cord a notochord pharyngeal pouches and a postanal tail at some point in its development. |
| invertebrate chordate | chordate without a backbone. |
| notochord | flexible rodlike structure extending the length of the chordate body enabling the body to bend and make side to side movement. |
| postanal tail | chordate structure used primarily for locomotion. |
| dorsal tubular nerve cord | tube shaped chordate nerve cord located above the digestive organs. |
| pharyngeal pouch | in chordate embryos one of the paired structures connecting the muscular tube lining the mouth cavity and the esophagus. |