complete gut sea star and earthworm Flashcards
echinoderm example
sea star
cardiac stomach
food passes through here first after the mouth and esophagus
pyloric stomach
connected to the pyloric duct to a pair of large pyloric ceca in each arm
pyloric cecum
consists of a longitudinal duct with many lateral ducts connected to secretory lobules which help digest food
mouth
where the soil is ingested and uses soil particles to help masticate food in mouth
phrynx
mucus and calcium carbonate gets added to the mixture to help with lubrication and neutralize soil acids
esophagus
food passes through here
crop
food is mixed here and stored
gizzard
chemical digestion begins due to enzymes and secreted from cells in the gizzard
intestine
where resident microbes break down foodstuffs and produce essential nutrients which will be absorbed through the intestinal wall into blood vessels