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BIOL212
Majors animal: Anatomy of Hydra
| Structure | Function |
|---|---|
| Tentacles | Defense and prey capture |
| Mouth | Ingestion of food and elimination of indigestible particles (egestion) |
| Hypostome | Elevated mound of tissue that expands or contracts to regulate size of mouth opening |
| Cnidocytes | Specialized stinging cells located in the epidermal layer of the tentacles and body wall |
| Gastrovascular cavity | Chamber within which extracellular digestion of prey occurs; only opening is through the mouth |
| Bud | Product of asexual reproduction; will fall off when mature and become a self-sufficient organism |
| Gonads | Organs for sexual reproduction; Hydra are dioecious, meaning than an organism has either testes or ovaries, but not both |
| Basal disc | Specialized region for attachment to substrate |
| Epidermis | Outer tissue layer; specialized for protection |
| Gastrodermis | Inner tissue layer; specialized for digestion |
| Mesoglea | Inert, acellular, jellylike substance that aids in supporting the body |