| 1)platyhelminthes |
phylum of flatworms |
| 2)three |
number of body layers in worms |
| 3)bilateral |
symmetry f flatworms |
| 4)dorsal |
upper body surface of worms |
| 5)ventral |
lower body surface of worms |
| 6)ectoderm |
outermost cell layer of worms |
| 7)mesoderm |
middle cell layer of worms |
| 8)endoderm |
innermost cell layer of worms |
| 9)acoelomate |
solid body in flatworms |
| 10)coelom |
body cavity |
| 11)gastrovascular |
gut with a single opening in flatworms |
| 12)absorption |
how flatworms exchanges gases with their environment |
| 13)anterior |
head or front end of a flatworm |
| 14)cephalization |
anterior end with sensory structures concentrated there |
| 15)parasite |
worms that live on or inside the body of their host |
| 16)turbellaria |
class of flatworms containing the freshwater planarian |
| 17)pharynx |
extendable feeding tube on the underside of planarians |
| 18)mucus |
secreted by planarians to glide across |
| 19)flame |
excretory cells in worms that filter wastes |
| 20)ganglia |
clusters of nerve cells in worms |
| 21)hermaphrodites |
worms that make both eggs & sperm |
| 22)trematoda |
class of flatworms containing flukes |
| 23)suckers |
found on the ends of flukes to attach to hosts |
| 24)tegument |
tough outer covering on flukes |
| 25)cestoda |
class containing tapeworms |
| 26)scolex |
anterior end of a tapeworm with hooks & suckers |
| 27)proglottids |
reproductive sections of a tapeworm’s body |
| 28)nematoda |
phylum for roundworms |
| 29)taper |
shape of both ends of a roundworms body |
| 30)cuticle |
protective noncellular layer of roundworms |
| 31)ascaris |
roundworm found in pig & horse intestines |
| 32)hookworms |
intestinal parasitic roundworm with cutting plates in it’s mouth |
| 33)trichinosis |
disease that result from eating infected undercooked pork |
| 34)pinworms |
most common parasitic roundworm of children in the U.S. |
| 35)rotifera |
phylum of worms with a crown of cilia surrounding the mouth |
| 36)mastax |
muscular organ of rotifers to break down food |
| 37)pseudocoelomates |
rotifers & nematodes are examples |