Worms Flashcards
(21 cards)
what are the three overall groups of worms?
flat, round, segmented
what is the phylum for flatworms?
Platyhelminthes
what is the phylum for round worms?
Nematoda
what is the phylum for segmented worms?
Annelida
what does protostome development mean?
mouth forms first
what does coelomate mean?
the animal (worm) has a true body cavity
which worm is acoelomate?
flat worm
which worm is coelomate?
segmented worm
which worm is pseudocoelomate?
round worm
phylum for planaria
Platyhelminthes
phylum for Chlonorchis
Platyhelminthes
phylum for leeches
Annelida
what kind of symmetry do all of the worms have?
bilateral symmetry
how do worms reproduce?
sexually and asexually
infectious stages of the liver fluke
- embryonated eggs passed in feces
- eggs are ingested by the snail
- free swimming cercariae encyst in the skin or flesh of the fresh water fish
- metacercariae in flesh or skin of fresh water fish are ingested by human host
infectious stages of tapeworm
- eggs in feces and passed into environment
- cattle and pigs become infected by ingesting contaminated vegetation
- oncospheres hatch, penetrate intestinal wall and circulate to musculature
- humans infected by ingesting raw or undercooked infected meat
phylum Platyhelminthes
planarians, tapeworms, flukes
phylum Nematoda
ascaris, trichinella
phylum Annelida
earthworms, leeches
acoelomate means?
no body cavity
pseudocoelomate means?
false body cavity