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BIOL212
Majors animal: Anatomy of Aurelia (matching)
Structure | Function |
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Marginal tentacles | Provide sensory information and used in defense and locomotion |
Mouth | Ingestion of food and elimination of indigestible particles (egestion) |
Oral arms | Defense and prey capture |
Gonads | Organs for sexual reproduction; gametes are released into the gastric pouches and exit the body through the mouth |
Gastric pouch | One of four divisions of the gastrovascular cavity for digestion of food |
Radial canals | Extensions of the gastric pouches that radiate outward from the pouches and distribute nutrients throughout body |
Circular canal | Circular extension of the gastric pouches that distributes nutrients to outer regions of jellyfish |