Set 13 Flashcards
Annelida are the
segmented worms
Examples of annelida
marine polychaetes/beardworms, terrestrial earthworms, and freshwater leeches.
Body is a series of repeating segments
Metameric/metameres
the coelom is partitioned into metameres internally by
septa
dorsal blood carries blood
forward
ventral blood carries blood
posteriorly
bristles for leverage against soil sediments
setae
gets N waste out of worms
metanephridia
Parts in order of the complete gut
mouth, pharynx, esophagus, crop, gizzard, intestine, anus
Dorsal U shaped infolding of the intestine that increases the surface area for absorption of digested food
Typhlosole
Annelid classes
Polychaeta (marine), oligochaeta (earthworms/leeches)
increase the surface area for gas exchange with the environment
parapodia
secretes a mucous cocoon that slides forward collecting eggs and sperm and then slides off
CLITELLUM
Leech anesthetic and anticoagulant
hirudin