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Star Fish Anatomy

Across
What organ is pushed out through the mouth? It aids in the digestion of food outside of the body.
To what Kingdom do starfish belong?
The bulb-like top of a tube foot that squeezes to control water entering/leaving tube feet.
This structure is part of the water vascular system that provides an opening for water to enter the starfish.
The arms of the star fish.
The numerous thin-walled extensions on the starfish’s aboral surface where the gases are exchanged and nitrogen waste is excreted.
The ring in the center of the starfish that connects the stone canal and radial canals and carries water from the stone canal to the radial canals in the water vascular system.
Eye _______ are sensory organs for the starfish (end of rays).
To what Phylum (Spiny Skin) do starfish belong?
The grooves on the oral side of a starfish that go down the center of each arm - the tube feet are attached to it.
The central region from which the arms radiate that contains the anus/mouth and madreporite.
The part of the water vascular system that is found inside the ambulacral ridge that transfers water to the rays of the starfish from the ring canal.
Down
The Madreporite belongs to the water _______ system along with the ring canal, stone canal, and ampullae.
_______ glands that absorb nutrients, make bile, finish digestion, absorb nutrients.
Reproductive organs that make sperm or eggs.
The function of these structures is for locomotion, they have suction cups for grabbing food and for prying open clam shells.
The top surface/top side of the starfish.
The bottom side of the starfish. The mouth is located on this side.
The structure that connects the madreporite to ring canal.
Digestive glands that help break down waste by making enzymes (big brownish and greenish glands that look like feathers).