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What is the body covering of a sponge?
Ostia
What are sponge pores called?
ostium ostia
What are the holes called in a sponge?
I think they're called Ostia.
What does a sponge have instead of a mouth?
osculum and ostia are the holes in the sponge that can be used as mouths
What is the order in which a drop of ink would pass by the structure in a sponge?
ostia -spongocoel-osculum
How does the sponge keep water flowing through its ostia and out through the osculum?
The sponge works like a chimney. Water rushes in from beneath through ostia and comes out ffrom osculum. This action is continuously controlled by wholly or partially closing the osculum and ostia and varying the beat of the flagella, and the pores may shut if there is a lot of sand in the water before it could block the system.
Is an ostia is a organ of a sponges?
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How does a sponge absorb water?
A sea sponge absorbs water through numerous minute, dermal pores on its body surface known as ostia.
Difference bw ostia and osculum?
ostia is the inlet into the sponge and osculum is the outlet through which the entered water etc. moves out
Are the small openings on a sponge called setae?
No, the small openings on a sponge are called ostia. Setae are bristles or hair-like structures found on some invertebrates like worms or arthropods that help with movement or sensory functions.
Where does water enter a sponge through?
tiny "whips" on the cells inside a sponge draw water in through the pores of thesponge. Food is then removed from the water before it leaves through the opening at the top of the sponge .
Where is Ostia?
Ostia may refer to: * Ostia Antica, a township and port of ancient Rome * Ostia(town), a modern township (also called Ostia Lido or Lido di Ostia) on the Tyrrhenian Sea coast, near Rome, Italy. Usually, when modern Roman people say Ostia they refer to the modern town, not the nearby archaeological site. It can also refer to either of two modern districts of Rome: * Ostia(modern district),roughly co-terminous with Ostia (town) * Ostia Antica(district) (originally known as Gregoriopolis)
