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Chapter 34
Saiki
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Biology
9th Grade
04/18/2014

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What phylum includes flatworms?
Definition
Platyhelminthes
Term
Flatworms lack a ____? Making them aceolomates
Definition
body cavity
Term
They exhibit ____
Definition
cephilization
Term
What class life mostly in the ocean
Definition
Turbellaria
Term
What genus are freshwater planarians
Definition
Dugesia
Term
Planarians have
Definition
spade shaped anterior end and a tapered posterior end
Term
What do planarians feed on
Definition

decaying plant or animal matter

smaller organisms

Term
Where is food ingested through
Definition
pharynx
Term
Describe the process of planarians eliminating excess water
Definition

tubules are connected to several flame cells

 

water is transported through the tubules and excreted form pores on the body surface

Term
What serves as a simple brain
Definition
cerebral ganglion
Term
Where do planarians sense light with
Definition
eyespot
Term

Planarians reproduce how?

This makes them what?

Definition

sexually or asexually

 

hermaphrodites

Term
Where are eggs laid
Definition
capsules
Term
During asexual reproduction, what happens
Definition
body undergoes fission and the two halves regenerate missing parts
Term
What classes include parasitic flukes
Definition

Trematoda 

 

Monogenea

Term
How do flukes cling to the host
Definition
anterior and ventral sucker
Term
Flukes have ____ nervous systems compared to planarians
Definition
simpler
Term
What is the proctective layer of the fluke
Definition
tegument
Term
Where are baby flukes kept
Definition
in the uterus until they are ready to be released
Term
Blood flukes can cause what
Definition
schistosomiasis
Term
What do genus Schistosoma use as hosts
Definition
humans as primary and snails as intermediate
Term
Tapeworms make up what class
Definition
Cestoda
Term
Where do tapeworms live
Definition
intestines of vertebrates
Term
What are tapeworms surrounded by
Definition
tegument
Term
How do tapeworms attach
Definition
scolex
Term
Tapeworm body is a series of many sections called
Definition
proglottid
Term
What do tapeworms lack
Definition

light sensing organs

 

mouth

 

gastrovascular cavity

 

digestive organs

Term
Roundworms make up what phylum
Definition
Nematoda
Term
Roundworms make up what phyla
Definition
psuedoceolomates
Term
How many openings does the roundworm digestive tract have
Definition
2
Term
What are the separate sexes of a roundworm protected and covered by
Definition
cuticle
Term
What genus infect humans
Definition
Ascaris
Term
How do ascaris infect pigs horses and humans
Definition

enter through contaminated water

 

develop larvae in intestines

 

in fect lungs

 

egg spread in host poop

Term
What are hookworms
Definition
intestinal parasites that feed on blood
Term
How do hookworms enter the host
Definition

larvae in soil

 

larvae enter through feet

Term
What genus infect humans and other mammals
Definition
Trichinella
Term
What does trichinella infection cause
Definition
trhiconosis
Term
What do filarial worms cause
Definition
elephantiasis
Term
What phylum do rotifers belong to
Definition
Rotifera
Term
How do rotifers get food
Definition
use cilia around their mouth and sweep food into mastax
Term
Where do the digestive, reproductive, and excretory systems empty into
Definition
cloaca
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