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Ap Bio Chapter 41 Vocabulary

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81562836direct developmentwhere the newborn is born as as miniature adult and goes through minor sexual changes
81562837indirect developmentthe juvenile animals differs significantly from the adult
81562838yolka small amount of food reserve in an egg
81562839larvasexually immature form of an animal
81562840metamorphosisa revolutionary body form and then become sexually mature adults
81562841amniotic eggfully terrestrial vertebrate life was not possible until the evolution of the shelled amniotic egg. this is where the embryo is protected in liquid a filled space and develops in there.
81562842cleavagea series of mitotic divisions of the large fertilized egg cell or zygote
81562843morulaa solid ball of small cells divided down the middle creating 2 diploid halves
81562844blastulaa hollow structure with cells surrounding the outside and fluid on the inside
81562845blastoporean indentation that forms on the outside of the blastula causing the next stage gastrula to form
81562846gastrulationthe cell migration and differentiation that produces a three-layered embryo and results into a gastrula
81562847organogenesisgradually the ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm rearrange themselves into the organs characteristic of the animal's species
81562848endodermcells of enlarging dimple, destined to become the digestive tract and associated organs
81562849ectodermthe cells remaining on the outside, which will form the epidermis of the skin and the nervous system
81562850mesodermsome cells migrate between the endoderm and ectoderm forming a third final layer
81562851developmentthe process by which an organism proceeds from fertilized egg through adulthood
81562852differentiationthe specialization of embryonic cells into different cell types such as muscle cells, brain cels and so on
81562853inductionthe process by which specific cells are stimulated to follow a specific development path
81562854homeoboxesshort sequences of DNA found within larger genes
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