Phylum Platyhelminthes Flashcards

1
Q

class tuberellaria

A

Planaria

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2
Q

Class trematoda

A

Flukes

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3
Q

Class cestoda

A

Tapeworms

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4
Q

Having 2 well formed sides, which is what flatworms are

A

Bilateral symmetry

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5
Q

To feed off dead animals

A

Scavengers

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6
Q

Preying on aquatic animals

A

Carnivorous

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7
Q

Dormant larval stage of tapeworm

A

Cyst

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8
Q

Having both male and female reproductive organs, which most free living-worms are

A

Hermaphrodites

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9
Q

Flatworms

A

Platyhelminthes

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10
Q

Reproduction by splitting in two

A

Fission

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11
Q

Collection of nerve cells

A

Ganglia

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12
Q

Having a head

A

Cephalization

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13
Q

Muscular tube for drawing in food

A

Pharynx

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14
Q

Segment of a tapeworms body

A

Proglottids

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15
Q

Lacking a body cavity

A

Acoelomates

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16
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Head of a tapeworm

A

Scolex

17
Q

Obtaining nutrients from a host

A

Parasite

18
Q

Mechanism for respiration, excretion, circulation

A

Diffusion

19
Q

What does the pharynx do

A

Muscular tube that Pumps food into the digestive cavity

20
Q

How do they move

A

Movement via cilia on epidermal cells

21
Q

How does a tapeworm survive without a digestive system

A

It’s able to survive because it’s absorbs the hosts partially digested food and diffuses it through their body