BIOL212 Word Scramble
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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 |
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