Platyhelminthes Flashcards
Platyhelminthes are also called
FLatworm
Platyhel are _ compressed
dorso ventrally
Platyhel are _ worms
unsegmented
Symmetry and germ player in platyhelminthes?
Bilateral
Triploblastic , acoelomate
MOst platyhel are _ in nature
Endoparasites
Taenia solum is __
tapeworm
Fasciola hepatica is ___
liver fluke
schistosoma is __
blood fluke
Free living platyhelminthes found in fresh water is ___
Dugesia ( planaria )
digestive system in platyhelminthes ?
branching sac-like
digestive system in tapeworm?
absent
excretory system of platyhelminthes consists of? ___ cells
bulb like
FLAME CELLS
resp + circ system in platyhelminthes?
absent
motility in platyhel?
free form - motile
parasitic - restricted
reproduction in platyhelminthes?
asexual - fission
sexual - hermaphrodite
reproductive means of tapeworm
free living and motile
fasciola completes in life cycle in
2 hosts
a snail + man / sheep
liver fluke lives in __ of host
bile duct
taenia is endoparasite in ___
human
cattle
pigs
intermediate host of tape worm is
cattle or pig
segments of tape worm are called?
proglottids
proglottids mainly contain __ organs
sex organs
epidermis in platyhel is __
absent and replaced by resistive cuticle
muscular and nervous system in platyhel is
degenerated
