BIOL110 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Blastula, Formins, Splenomegaly
2 Nov 2015
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Zoology is the scientific study of animal life, a lot of observing (labs, dissections) Empirical test - controlled experiment including test group and control group. Cell theory - living things are made of cells. Germ theory of disease - germs cause disease. Animal-like, unicellular eukaryotes (not bacteria/archaea, have membrane bound organelles) Not really animals - help learn more about complex organism, shows development single to multi cell. Proifera (sponges) simplest multi cellular animals no organs or tissues. pores. Cnidaria (jellyfish) toxic harpoons, have guts and simple guts, one opening. 2 body types, polyp and medusa can poke each other to move, no brain. Platyhelminthes (flatworms/tapeworms) head end and tail end, cut in middle to see mirror images incomplete gut (one opening) Complete gut (mouth and anus) - fried worms. Mollusca - key: snails, squid, octopus have a mantle (piece of tissue) creating their own shell complete gut (mouth and anus), alot of diversity well developed nervous system.
