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Biology 2 vocab

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Flame Cell   IN flatworms, a cilia-lined, bulb like cell that moves water and certain substances into excretory tubules for elimination outside the body.  
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Ganglion   Group of nerve-cell bodies that coordinates incoming and outgoing nerve impulses.  
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Pharynx   In free-living flatworms, the tube like muscular organ that can extend out of the mouth and suck food particles into the digestive tract.  
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Proglottid   Continuously formed, detachable section of a tapeworm that contains male and female reproductive organs, flame cells, muscles, and nerves; breaks off when its eggs are fertilized and passes out of the host's intestine.  
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Regeneration   Ability to replace or regrow body parts missing due to predation or damage.  
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Scolex   Parasitically adapted, knoblike anterior end of a tapeworm, having hooks and suckers that attach to the host's internal lining.  
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Hydrostatic skeleton   The pseudocoelom in roundworms; the fluid within a closed space that gives rigid support for muscles to work against.  
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Trichinosis   Elongated, cylindrical structure that can discharge a spine like structure that may function in defense, as an anchoring device, or to capture prey.  
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Closed Circulatory System   Blood is confined to the vessels as it moves through the body.  
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Gill   Respiratory structure of most mollusks and aquatic arthropods.  
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Mantle   Membrane that surrounds a mollusk's internal organs.  
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Nephridium   Structure through which most mollusks eliminate metabolic wastes from cellular processes.  
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Open Circulatory System   Blood is pumped out of vessels into open spaces surrounding body organs.  
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Radula   Rasping tongue like organ with rows of teeth that many mollusks use in feeding.  
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Siphon   Tubular organ through which octopuses and squids eject water, at times so rapidly that their movement appears jet-propelled.  
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Clitellum   Thickened band of segments that produce a cocoon from wich young earthworms hatch.  
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Crop   Sac in which food and soil are stored until they pass to the earthworm's gizzard.  
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Gizzard   Muscular sac in birds that contains hard particles that help grind soil food before they pass into the intestines.  
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Seta   Tiny bristle that digs into soil and anchors an earthworm as it moves forward.  
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