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Zoological terms

Terms in relation to animals, such as mammals, birds, reptiles or fish.

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Metamorphisis

Zoology; Zoological terms

(Gk. meta, after + morphe, from + osis, state of) The process in which there is a marked change in morphology during postemrionic development; in insects the change in body form that takes place as ...

Nephron

Zoology; Zoological terms

The morphological and functional unit of the vertebrate kidney; each of the million nephrons in a kidney consists of a glomerulus enclosed by a Bowman's capsule and a long attached tubule (tube of ...

Morula

Zoology; Zoological terms

(L. mulberry) An embryo during the process of cleavage, preceding blastula stage; consists of a solid ball of cells.

Neurula

Zoology; Zoological terms

Formation of the neural plate in early embryo out of the ectoderm, followed by its closure forming the neural tube.

Mesogloea

Zoology; Zoological terms

A jellylike substance lying between the epidermis and gastrodermis in cnidarians such as jellyfish.

Mesenchyme

Zoology; Zoological terms

Embrionic connective tissue; made of loosly, often stellate cells and a dispersed ECM.

Metazoa

Zoology; Zoological terms

An animal; a many-celled eukaryota that obtains its energy from other organisms

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