Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Ch 34
Notes for ch 34 on worms
12
Biology
12th Grade
11/03/2015

Additional Biology Flashcards

 


 

Cards

Term
Characteristic of worms
Definition
  • no body cavity
  • bilaterial symetry
  • cephalization
  • diffusion
  • pharyx
Term
Turbellaira
Definition

Planarian

  • spade shaped
  • 2 eyespots
  • eat protozoans and scavenge
  • hermaphodite
  • reproduce by regeneration
  • freeliving
Term
Trematoda
Definition

Flukes

  • parasitic
  • suckers at both ends
  • named 4 body they infect
  • nervous and excretory systems like turbelliaria
  • hermaphrodite
  • complex life cycle
Term
Cestoda
Definition

Tapeworms

  • parasitic
  • long ribbon like bodies
  • feed off host nutrient hermaphrodite

 

Term
Round worms
Definition
  • phylum Nematoda
  • fluid filled body cavity
  • slender boyd taper at ends
  • mouth and anus
  • free-livne or parasitic
Term
Acaris (genus)
Definition
  • eats host's food
  • blockes intestine
  • reach 1 foot
  • enter through contaminated water and food
Term
Hookworms
Definition
  • intestinal parasite
  • feed on blood
  • cause anemia
  • cause slow development in children
  • release eggs in feces
  • Larvae burrow in feet
  • lungs > cough > swallow > intestine
Term
Trinchinella
Definition
  • infect people and mammals
  • lice in intestine
  • larvae form cysts in muscle
  • infect when people eat undercooked meat
  • cause stiffness and pain
  • cause death
  • rare in USA
Term
Pinwom-Enterboius
Definition
  • common parsite of humans
  • don't cause serious disease
  • 5-10 mm long
  • in lower part of intestine
  • come out at night to lay eggs
Term
Filaria Worms
Definition
  • most dangerous iun lymphatic system
  • adults are 4 inches long
  • vector is mosquito
  • large number
  • block vesseles
  • servere cases cause elephantitits
Term
Heartworms
Definition
  • infect dogs and cats
  • live in heart and lung arteries

 

Term
Loaloa
Definition
  • lives under skin in subutaneous fat
  • vector day-biting deer and mango flies
  • live in rainforest and African swamps
  • tears flesh to drink blood
Supporting users have an ad free experience!