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Phylum Platyhelminthes Flashcards

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Platyhelminthes embryonic tissue layers

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Ectoderm
Mesoderm
Endoderm

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3rd tissue layer between epidermis and digestive cavity

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Mesoderm

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Function of mesoderm

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allows for development of muscle layers in body wall
allows for more elaborate organs, specialization, and greater division of labor than in cnidaria

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The only internal space

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digestive cavity

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Advantages of flat body

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allows them to rely on diffusion for exchange of gasses, nutrients, and wastes

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Acoelomate

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no body cavity

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what does embryonic tissue ectoderm turn into

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epidermis

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what does embryonic tissue mesoderm turn into

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Parenchyma

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what does embryonic tissue endoderm turn into

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Gastrodermis

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The 2 layers surrounding body wall

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Circular muscle
Longitudinal muscle

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Feeding and Digestion

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Carnivores
Endoparasites
Incomplete digestive tract

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Respiration

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No respiratory system
Gas exchange through flattened body wall

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Excretion

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Wastes like ammonia eliminated via diffusion through body wall
Other primitive systems include protonephridia

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Asexual reproduction

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Fission
Regeneration
Budding
Polyembryony

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Sexual reproduction

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Hemaphraditic

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Platyhelminthes classification

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Turbellaria
Monogenea
Trematoda
Cestoda

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Turbellaria characteristics

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Free living
Ventral mouth
Locomotion by creeping on cilia and mucous

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Monogenea characteristics

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Endoparasites on skin or gills of fish
Simple life cycle
No intermediate host

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Trematoda characteristics

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All parasitic
Endoparasitic flukes
Parasite in blood or digestive system
Up to 5 developmental stages in 2 or more hosts

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Cestoda characteristics

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All parasitic
Endoparasites in intestines
Bud long chains of proglottids

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