Trematodes Flashcards
Known as the FLUKES
TREMATODES
Complete lifecycle with at least ? how many host
2 hosts
Primary host where the flukes sexually reproduce?
vertebrae
What is the shape of trematodes?
Leaf shaped
True or False: does trematodes have only male reproductive organ?
False because trematodes is hermaphrodite meaning it has female and male reproductive organ.
They have outer cover called
TEGUMENT
The tegument may be smooth or spiny except for the
blood flukes
Bilaterally symmetrical helminths without a body cavity is called?
Acoelomate
Trematodes is barely in size except:
heterophyase and metagonimus
Primarily for Attachment and secretion
integument
Cup shaped (usually found in the anterior part of the trematode)
Suckers
A saucer shaped organ of
attachment in flatworms
Acetabulum
A specialized sucker for
parasitic adaptation in
trematodes, by which the
worms where able to attach
on the host.
Acetabulum
How many testes does trematodes have?
2 testes
How many ovary does trematodes have?
1 ovary
Has fluid -filled between organs
ATTACHMENT
Has 2 testes excpet?
schistosomes
2 testes can be?
can either be globular, lobate,
tubular, dendritic