Kingdom Animalia Vocabulary
1) Animal
2) Bilateral symmetry
3) Radial symmetry
4) Brain
5) Gut
6) Coelom
7) Echinoderm
8) Ectoderm
9) Endoderm
10)
Mesoderm
11) Invertebrate
12)
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
19)
Metamorphosis
Nerve chord
Organ
Organ system
Vertebrate
Amniote egg
Protostome
Deuterostome
20) Segmentation
21) Ectotherm-organisms
whose body temperatures
are determined by their
surrounding environment.
22) Endotherm-organisms
that use their own metabolic
heat to keep warm.
23) Cnidarian
24) Arthropod
25) Amphibian
26) Mammal
27) Reptile
28) Chordate
29) Primate
*Read p 357-359
Voc AND Definitions
1) Animal-multicelled heterotroph that feeds on other organisms , is motile for at least
part of life cycle, develops through embryonic stages, has tissues, and most often
organs and organ systems.
2) Bilateral symmetry-body plan in which left and right halves generally are mirror
images.
3) Radial symmetry-animal body plan having four or more roughly equal parts around
a central axis.
4) Brain-of most nervous system, integrating center that receives and processes
sensory input and issues coordinated commands for responses by muscles and
glands.
5) Gut-generally a sac or tube from which food is absorbed into internal environment.
6) Coelom-cavity lined with peritoneum between the gut ant body wall of most
animals.
7) Echinoderm-type of invertebrate with calcified spines, needles, or plates on body
wall, radially symmetrical with some bilateral features.
8) Ectoderm-the first-formed, outermost primary tissue layer of animal embryos; gives
rise to nervous systems tissues and integument’s outer tissue.
9) Endoderm-inner primary tissue layer of animal embryos; source of inner gut lining
and derived organs.
10)
Mesoderm-primary tissue layer important in evolution of all large, complex
animals; gives rise to many internal organs and part of the integument.
11)
Invertebrate-any animal without a backbone.
12)
Metamorphosis-major changes in body form during the transition from the
embryo to the adult; involves hormonally controlled size increases, reorganization
of tissues, and remodeling of body parts.
13)
Nerve chord-a prominent longitudinal nerve. Most animals have one, two, or
three.
14)
Organ-body structure having definite form and function that consists of more
than one tissue.
15)
Organ system-two or more organs that are interacting chemically, physically,
or both in a common task.
16)
Vertebrate-animal with a backbone.
17)
Amniote egg-egg that has extraembryonic membranes and often a shell.
18)
Protostome-lineage of coelomate, bilateral animals that includes mollusks,
annelids, and arthropods; first indentation to form in early embryos becomes the
mouth.
19)
Deuterostome-category of bilateral animals in which the first indentation to
form in the early embryo becomes an anus.
20)
Segmentation-of animal body plans, a series of units that may or may not be
similar to one another in appearance.
21)
Ectotherm-organisms whose body temperatures are determined by their
surrounding environment.
22)
Endotherm-organisms that use their own metabolic heat to keep warm.
23)
Cnidarian-radial invertebrate at tissue level of organization; the only
nematocyst producer.
24)
Arthropod-invertebrate having a hardened exoskeleton, specialized body
segments, and jointed appendages.
25)
Amphibian-only type of vertebrate making the transition from water to land.
26)
Mammal-only vertebrate whose females nourish offspring with milk from
mammary glands.
27)
Reptile-Carnivorous species belonging to the first vertebrate lineage to escape
dependency on free water, by way of internal fertilization, efficient kidneys, amniote
eggs, and other adaptations.
28)
Chordate-animal with a notochord, dorsal hollow nerve cord, pharynx, and gill
slits in pharynx wall during at least part of life cycle.
29)
Primate-mammalian lineage dating from the Eocene; includes prosimians,
tarsioids, and anthropoids (monkeys, apes, and humans).