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Test 1- Simmons
Chap. 34-35
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
01/31/2008

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Hermaphroditic
Definition
individual contains both male and female sexual structures
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Setae

Definition
in an annelid, bristles of chitin that help anchor the worm during locomotion or when it is in its burrow
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Tracheae/tracheoles/spiracles

Definition
a tube for breathing in terrestrial vertebrates carries air between the larynx and bronchi/ the smallest branches of the respiratory system of terrestrial arthropods/ external opening of a trachea in arthropods
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Radula

Definition
rasping tongue found in most mollusks
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Clitellum

Definition
a thickened band on an earthworms body; the mucus it secretes hold the worms together during copulation
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Malpighian tubules

Definition
function as excretory organs; blind tubules opening into the hindgut of terrestrial arthropods; designed to conserve water; take nitrogenous waste and change it to adapt; equivalent to flame cells
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Mother-of-Pearl

Definition
the inner layer of a mollusk that increases in thickness; this is when it reaches sufficient thickness
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Lophophore

Definition
a horse-shoe shaped crown of ciliated tentacles that surrounds the mouth of certain spiralian animals
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Nauplius

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a larval form characteristic of crustaceans
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Trochophore larva
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a specialized type of free-living larva found in lophotrochozoans
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Exoskeleton

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an external skeleton; in arthropods
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Metamorphosis

Definition
process in which a marked change in form takes place during postembryonic development as, for example, from tadpole to frog
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Mantle
Definition
the soft, outermost layer of the body wall in mollusks; the mantle secretes the shell
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Ecdysis
Definition
shedding the outer, cuticular layer; molting
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Nerve cord

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one of the distinguishing features of chordates running lengthwise just beneath the embryo’s dorsal surface
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Tetrapods

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mammal with 4-legs
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Amnion

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the intermost of the extraembryonic membranes; forms a fluid filled sac around the embryo in amniotic eggs
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Marsupium

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mammal in which the young are born early in their development and retained in a pouch
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Notochord

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in chordates, a dorsal rod of cartilage that forms the primitive axial skeleton
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Chondrichthyes

Definition
cartilaginous fishes are jawed fish with paired fins, paired nostrils, scales, two-chambered hearts, and skeletons made or cartilage rather than bone.
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Allantois

Definition
a membrane of the embryonic egg that functions in respiration and excretion in birds and reptiles and plays an important role in the development of the placenta in most mammals
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Monotremes

Definition
an egg-laying mammal
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Pharyngeal slits/pouches

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Characteristic of chordates, pharyngeal slits are openings through which water is taken into the pharynx, or throat
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Placoderms

Definition
extinct armored fish; earliest branch of the jawed fishes
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Amniotes

Definition
a vertebrate that produces an egg surrounded by four membranes, one of which in the amnion; reptiles, birds and mammals
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Pharynx

Definition
aids in propelling food into the digestive tract; a muscular structure lying posterior to the mouth
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Swim Bladder

Definition
organ only in bony fish that helps to regulate its buoyancy by increasing and decreasing the amount of gas in the bladder
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Ecothermic

Definition
animals who’s body temp. is regulated by behavior or surroundings
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Endothermic

Definition
maintaining a constant body temp.
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Amnionic Egg
Definition
an egg that is isolated and protected from the environment by a more or less impervious shell during the period of its development
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Chorion

Definition
the outer member of the double membrane that surrounds the embryo of reptiles, birds and mammals; contributes to the structure of the placenta
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Placenta

Definition
a tissue formed in part from the inner lining of the uterus and in part from other membranes; nourished the embryo
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Atriopore

Definition
The hole in a lancelet through which water exits the body
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Pulmonary Vein

Definition
veins are vessels that bring blood to the heart. There are four pulmonary veins which extend from the left atrium to the lungs
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Therapsid

Definition
any member of a major order (Therapsida) of reptiles of Permian and Triassic time (from 286 to 208 million years ago). Therapsids were the stock that gave rise to mammals
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Homeothermic

Definition
An organism, such as a mammal or bird, having a body temperature that is constant and largely independent of the temperature of its surroundings; an endotherm.
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Homo erectus
Definition
 means upright; early ancestors of Homo Sapiens
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Homo neanderthalensis

Definition
the last species to diverge from the human line prior to the emergence of modern humans, and the last species of hominid to have gone extinct
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Homo sapien

Definition
mammilian species; humans
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Craniate chordates
Definition
include all animals having a skull (or cranium, hence their name), be it cartilaginous or bony
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Poikilothermic

Definition
An organism, such as a fish or reptile, having a body temperature that varies with the temperature of its surroundings; an ectotherm.
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Homodont dentition

Definition
situation in which all teeth are basically the same in structure, although they may differ in size, as is found in reptiles
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Centrum

Definition
the main body of a vertebra
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Bipedalism

Definition
standing, or moving, on two legs
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