flukes Flashcards
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flukes are part of what group of parasites
Metazoans
Other names for trematoda
- Platyheminthes
- flatworms
- Digenean
Types of trematodes
- INTESTINAL
- LIVER
- PANCREATIC
- LUNG
- BLOOD
trematoda is greek for?
Perforated or with holes
flukes are part of what order?
Digenea
Digenea greek for:
Dis - double
Genos - race
appearance of flukes
flat and leaf like
except Schistosomes
Fluke have both male and female structures in them meaning they are?
hermaphrodites
except Schistosomes
Describe the reproductive organs of flukes
Well developed
Describe the eggs of flukes
operculated
except Schistosomes
flukes have how many IH
2
except Schistosomes
Schistosomes is greek for:
schitos - split
soma - body
A typical, group-specific body wall that covers flukes through which an active uptake of nutrients regularly occurs
tegument
_________ of any kind is always absent in flukes because it would hinder the feeding
cuticle
MOT of flukes
Oral/Ingestion
except Schistosomes
Infective Stage of flukes
Metacercaria
except Schistosomes
Alimentary canal is _______
incomplete
flukes release waste through the ______
tegument
All possess ___ suckers
2
except H. heterophyes
mehlis glands also known as?
Shell gland
Surrounds the ootype of flukes and is a part of the female reproductive organ
mehlis glands
Guides the ova out towards the passage ending in the uterus of flatworms
mehlis glands
its secretion lubricates the passage of uterus through which ova move
mehlis glands
It may play a part in eggshell formation
mehlis glands