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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| 1.) fertilization | the union of a male and female gamete to form a zygote |
| 2.) cleavage | in biological development, a series of cell divisions that occur immediately after an egg is fertilized |
| 3.) blastula | the stage of an embryo before gastrulation |
| 4.) gastrulation | the transformation of the blastula into the gastrula or the formation of the embryonic germ layers |
| 5.) gastrula | the embryo in the stage of development after the blastula; contains the embryonic germ layers |
| 6.) archenteron | the primitive gastric cavity of an embryo |
| 7.) blastopore | an opening that develops in the blastula |
| 8.) ectoderm | the outermost of the three germ layers of an embryo that develops into the epidermis and epidermal tissues, the nervous system, external sense organs, and the mucous membranes lining the mouth and anus |
| 9.) endoderm | the innermost germ layer of the animal embryo; develops into the epithelium of the pharynx, respiratory tract, digestive tract, bladder, and urethra |
| 10.) mesoderm | in an embryo, the middle layer of cells that gives rise to muscles, blood, and various systems |
| 11.) acoelomate | an animal that lacks a coelom, or body cavity |
| 12.) pseudocoelom | the type of body cavity, derived from the blastocoel and referred to as a "false body cavity," that forms between the mesoderm and the endoderm in rotifers and roundworms |
| 13.) coelom | a body cavity that contains the internal organs |
| 14.) protostome | an organism whose embryonic blastopore develops into the mouth, whose coelom arises by schizocoely, and whose embryo has determinate cleavage |