click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
ch 25 vocab
vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pharynx | tubelike muscular organ |
| flame cell | excretory substances into tubules |
| ganglion | is a group of nerve cells bodies that coordinates incoming and outgoing nerve signals |
| regeneration | a process in which body parts that are missing due to damage or predation can be regrown |
| scolex | a knob-shaped structure with hooks and suckers that attach to the intestinal to the intestinal lining of a host such as a cow or a human. |
| proglottid | contains muscles nerves flame cells and male and female reproductive organs. |
| hydrostatic skeleton | fluid within a closed space that provides rigid support for muscles to work against. |
| trichinosis | can be contracted by eating raw or undercooked pork and pork products |
| mantle | a membrane that surrounds the internal organs of the mollusk |
| gill | parts of the mantle that consist of a system of filamentous projections like the fringes of a blanket |
| open circulatory system | blood is pumped out of vessels into open space 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 called nephridia. |
| siphon | octopuses and squids take water into there mantle cavity and expel it through a tube |
| crop | stores food till it till it passes though the gizzard |
| gizzard | a muscular sac containing hard particles that help grind soil and food |
| seta | are tiny bristles that push into the soil and anchor the worm during movement |
| clitellum | a thickened band of segments |