Key Terms and Interesting Facts
Gizzard- a musular sac containing hard particles for grinding food-containing material into small pieces so it can be absorbed by the intestine found for example in annelids.

Nocturnal- describes animals that are active primarily at night for example earthworms.

Coelom- the body cavity, which contains visceral organs.

Bilateral Symmetry- a condition in which there are two equivalent sides form and arrangement of parts.

Psuedocoelm- a fluid filled body cavity partly lined with the mesoderm.

Exoskeleton- hard cover on the outside of the body that provides the structure for the animal.

Endoskeleton- internal body structure.

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