The concentration of receptors and nervous tissue in an animal's anterior end is referred to as
A)lateralization.
B)anteriorization.
C)caudalization.
D)localization.
E)cephalization.

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The concentration of receptors and nervous tissue in an animal's anterior end is referred to as cephalization. Cephalization is the evolutionary trend toward the concentration of nervous tissue and sensory organs at the anterior (head) end of the body of bilateral animals. This results in the development of a head that contains the brain and the sensory organs.

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