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Biology Chapter 25 V
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Pharynx | A tubelike muscular organ |
| Flame Cell | Bulblike cells lined with cilia sweep water and excretory substances into tubules. |
| Ganglion | A group of nerve cell bodies that coordinates incoming and outgoing nerve signals. |
| Regeneration | A process in which body parts that are missing due to damage or predication can be regrown. |
| Scolex | a knob-shaped structure with hooks and suckers that attach to the intestinal lining of a host such as a cow or a human. |
| Proglottid | Behind the scolex of the worm are a series of individual sections. |
| Hydrostatic Skeleton | Fluid within a closed space that provides rigid support for muscles to work against. |
| Trichinosis | A disease. |
| Mantle | A membrane that surrounds the internal organs or the mollusk. |
| Radula | A tongue like organ with rows of teeth. |
| Gill | Parts of the mantle that consist of a system of filamentous projections like the fringes of a blanket. |
| Open Circulatory System | Which the blood is pumped out of vessels into open spaces surrounding the body organs. |
| Closed Circulatory System | Blood is confined to vessels as it moves through the body. |
| Nephridium | Most mollusks get rid of metabolic wastes from cellular processes through structures. |
| Siphon | octopuses and squids take water into the mantle cavity and expel it through a tube. |
| Crop | Food and soil taken in by the mouth pass through the pharynx |
| Gizzard | A muscular sac containing hard particles that help grind soil and food before they pass into the intestine. |
| Seta | Are tiny bristles that push into the soil and anchor the worm during movement. |
| Clitellum | A thickened band of segments. |