Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Important Vocabulary

Mantle - fold of outer skin lining shell or enclosed to create a cavity. excretes shell.

Gills - flaps of mucus covered membrane that take oxygen out of the water

Foot - a muscular foot, used for locomotion.

Shell - a hard protective surface enclosing many molluscs

Radula - Chitin enforced tongue used to scrape of food.

Visceral Mass - mass containing digestive, circulatory, respiratory, and nervous systems

Open Circulatory System - Blood does not always flows within blood vessels

Closed Circulatory System - Blood always flows within blood vessels

Filter Feeder - feeds my means of sucking in water, removing small particles for digestion

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