Following is a list of about 400 words - a great many of which will probably be new to you. You will need to know these words and others in order to follow the reading assignments, laboratory exercises and lectures for the first five weeks of ZOO 137. The list is drawn from assigned reading in your textbook and laboratory manual and from lecture material. The list, as amended, will be the subject of VOCABULARY EXAM A and will provide a study basis for the the companion lecture and lab exams. "As amended" means that you should be quick to pick up on -- and learn -- any other new words that you hear in the course as you will need to know them to understand what I say, what you read or what you are asked on an examination. Make it a habit to ask me about words you hear or read that are new to you -- and not just zoological terms. If I say "juxtaposed" or "illuminate" or anything else you don't know, don't block it out -- ask about it; we will both be glad you did. I take it for granted that everyone in the class can use the vocabulary of beginning biology. Keep your basic biology text at hand to review concepts and terms; and invest in a good dictionary of the English language (the unabridged Webster's Third New International is the best -- ca. $83 at Amazon.com, and you won't ever need anything else).

Words on this list in boldface are proper names (Know what a "proper" name is? Are there any "improper" names?). Except asterisked species names, proper names must always be capitalized. Names of genera (What's "genera" the plural of?) and species (asterisked names) must also be italicized or underlined when you write them out. Words that are underlined are those whose etymologies you must learn (Know what an "etymology" is? What "entomology" is?) - they will be the ones you see in the "Bits-and-Pieces" part of the vocabulary exam.

PROTOZOANS, PORIFERA & CNIDARIA

aboral acontia acontium ahermatypic archeocyte architecture amebiasis Amoeba amebocyte amphiblastula anemone Animalia Anopheles Anthozoa Apicomplexa asconoid asexual atoll Aurelia autogamy autotrophic axis barrier behavior binary budding canal Chagas chlorophyll chloroplast choanocyte chromosome Ciliophora class clone cloning Cnidaria cnidocil cnidocytes coccidians coelenterate coenosarc colonial colony conjugation coral cyst Demospongiae differentiation diploblastic diploid dispersal dormant dysentery ectoderm embryology encystment endoderm Entamoeba ephyra ephyrae epidermis Euglena euglenoid eukaryote eumetazoan excretion excystment extant extinct extracellular exumbrella filter flagellate flagellum fission foraminiferan free-living freshwater fringing gastric gastrodermis gastrovascular gemmule genera generic genus germ gonangia gonangium Gonionemus gonotheca haploid hermatypic heterogenous heterotrophic holophytic homogenous homeostasis host Hydra hydranth hydroid hydrostatic hydrotheca Hydrozoa hypostome -iasis (-iosis) incurrent infraciliature integration intercellular interstitial intracellular invertebrate jellyfish juvenile kingdom limestone larva leuconoid locomotion longitudinal macrogamete macrogametocyte macronucleus malaria manubrium marine Mastigophora medusa medusae merozoite mesoglea metamorphosis metazoan Metridium microgamete microgametocyte micronucleus microtubule mosquito movement multicellular nematocysts nerve net neuron Obelia obligate ocellus oocyst ookinete oral organelle oscula osculum osmoregulation ostia ostium paramylon parasite parasitic Parazoa parazoan parenchymula pathogen pathogenic pellicle perisarc phagocyte phagocytosis phyla phylum Physalia phytoflagellate pinacocyte planula plasmodiasis Plasmodium plasmalemma polymorphism polyp pore Porifera prokaryote protist Protista Protozoa pseudopodium quinine radial radiates radiolarian rhopalium Sarcodina Sarcomastigophora schizogony schizont Scyphozoa Scypha scyphistoma sedentary septa septal septum sessile sexual siliceous siphonoglyph soma somatic spermatozoa spicules sponge Spongilla spongin spongocoel sporogony sporozoite statocyst stigma stigmata strobila strobilation subumbrella syconoid symbiont symbiosis symbiotic symmetry syngamy tentacles tetramerous tissue transverse trichocyst Trichonympha trophozoite Trypanosoma trypanosomiasis unicellular vacuole vector Volvox zooflagellate zooids

PLATYHELMINTHES & NEMATODA

acoelomate *americanus Ascaris anterior anus apical *bancrofti basal bilateral bladderworm buccal Caenorhabditis ceca cecum cephalization cercaria cercariae cerebral Cestoda cestode circular Clonorchis collagen commensal commensalism copulation cuticle cyst cysticercosis cysticercus dermal dextral digestion dioecious distal diverticula diverticulum Dugesia Echinococcus epidermis epithelium eutely excretion eyespot Fasciola filaria filariae filarial flatworm fluke ganglia ganglion genital gland *granulosus gravid gynecophoric head *hepatica hook hookworm hydatid intestine juvenile ladder larva lateral longitudinal lumen mesenchyme mesoderm metacercaria Metazoa microfilaria miracidium molt monoecious mutualism Necator Nematoda nephridiopore nephridia nerve oncosphere (onchoshere) organ ovary oviduct oviparous ovoviparous parenchyma pharyngeal pharynx pheromone *pisiformis planarian Platyhelminthes posterior proglottid protonephridium proximal pseudocoel pseudocoelom receptacle redia rostellum roundworm *saginatus sagittal Schistosoma schistosomiasis scolex scolices secretion seminal semiochemical *sinensis sinistral *solium somatic spermatozoa spicules *spiralis sporocyst sucker syncytium Taenia Taeniarhynchus taeniasis tapeworm tegument testis Trematoda trematode Trichinella trichinosis triploblastic Turbellaria turbellarian uteri uterus vagina ventral vesicle viscera visceral viviparous vulva Wuchereria yolk