A manual of zoologyWilliam Blackwood & Sons, 1878 - Zoology |
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... cavity fitted for the reception and digestion of solid food . The higher plants , on the other hand , possess no nervous system or organs of sense , are incapable of independent locomotion , and are not provided with an internal ...
... cavity fitted for the reception and digestion of solid food . The higher plants , on the other hand , possess no nervous system or organs of sense , are incapable of independent locomotion , and are not provided with an internal ...
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... cavity for its reception . The food of almost all animals consists of solid particles , and they are therefore usually provided with a mouth and a distinct digestive cavity . Some animals , however , such as the tape- worm and the ...
... cavity for its reception . The food of almost all animals consists of solid particles , and they are therefore usually provided with a mouth and a distinct digestive cavity . Some animals , however , such as the tape- worm and the ...
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... cavity for the reception of the food ; but this is not shut off from the general cavity of the body , and there are no distinct circulatory or respiratory organs . In a Mollusc , such as the oyster , nutrition is a much more complicated ...
... cavity for the reception of the food ; but this is not shut off from the general cavity of the body , and there are no distinct circulatory or respiratory organs . In a Mollusc , such as the oyster , nutrition is a much more complicated ...
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... cavity , and is attached at one end to the fundus of the stomach . When mature they drop off from this cord , and lie loose in the cavity of the body , whence they are liberated on the death of the parent organism . When thus liberated ...
... cavity , and is attached at one end to the fundus of the stomach . When mature they drop off from this cord , and lie loose in the cavity of the body , whence they are liberated on the death of the parent organism . When thus liberated ...
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... cavities within the endosarc , of which ordinarily one only is present in the same individual , though sometimes there are more . In structure it is a little cavity or vesicle filled with a colourless fluid apparently derived from the ...
... cavities within the endosarc , of which ordinarily one only is present in the same individual , though sometimes there are more . In structure it is a little cavity or vesicle filled with a colourless fluid apparently derived from the ...
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abdomen adult alimentary canal ambulacral amongst animal Annelides antennæ anus aperture appendages Arachnida articulated attached birds bivalve body bones Brachiopoda branchiæ branchial calcareous carapace cavity cephalothorax chitinous ciliated composed comprising consists contractile Crustacea Ctenophora developed disc distinct division dorsal embryo Eocene external extinct extremity feet females fins fishes Foraminifera fossil furnished gemmation genera genus gills head horny Huxley Hydrozoa incisors Insects integument intestine known labium larva larvæ legs limbs living locomotive males Mammals mandibles margin maxillæ membrane molars Mollusca mouth nervous system operculum organs ovum Owen pairs Paleozoic parasitic placed plates polypide polypites Polyzoa portion possess posterior present regarded reproductive Reptiles resembling respiratory Rotifera rudimentary Scolecida segments shell side Silurian single skeleton sometimes somites species spines stomach structure sub-order surface tail teeth tentacles termed thorax toes transverse tube upper usually valves ventral Vertebrates vesicle whilst wings Zoantharia zooids