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Ch 9 Life Science A
Animals Without Backbones
| 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 structure of a sponge |
| cnidarian | invertebrate animal with stinging cells and a hollow central cavity |
| polyp | cuplike form of a cnidarian |
| 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 which blood moves through vessels |
| mollusk | soft-bodied organism |
| mantle | thin membrane that covers a mollusk's organs |
| radula | tough, tonguelike organ of a snail |