TREMATODES

Question 1

Unsegmented helminths, which are flat and broad and they are leaf shaped and covered with a resistant cuticle which may be smooth or spiny

Answer 1

TREMATODES (FLUKES)

Question 2

2 Suckers

Answer 2

Anterior (oral) sucker
Posterior (ventral) sucker

Question 3

For procurement of food

Answer 3

Anterior (oral) sucker

Question 4

For attachment; aka acetabulum

Answer 4

Posterior (ventral) sucker

Question 5

Most trematodes are hermaphroditic (Monoecious) and most of their body consist of the reproductive organs and their associated structures

Answer 5

True. Means that they have both sexes.

Question 6

Species that inhabit the small intestines

Answer 6

• Fasciolopsis buski: Giant Intestinal Fluke • Echinostoma ilocanum: Garrison Fluke
• Echinoccus
• Heterophyid group

Question 7

Species that inhabit the liver

Answer 7

• Fasciola hepatica: Oriental Liver Fluke
• Fasciola gigantica
• Clonorchis sinensis: Chinese liver Fluke
• Opisthorchis felineus: Cat liver Fluke

Question 8

Species that inhabit the lungs

Answer 8

Paragonimus westermani: Oriental lung Fluke

Question 9

Species that inhabit the portal blood stream

Answer 9

• Schistosoma japonicum
• Schistosoma mansoni
• Schistosoma haematobium

Question 10

The alimentary canal is present but is incomplete i.e., without an anus.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

• have male and female
• reproduce sexually
• have only 1 intermediate host
• eggs do not have an operculum

Answer 11

Schistosomes