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Phylum Annelida
Vocabulary for Apalogia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Symmetry | Bilateral |
| What are they made up of? | Segments |
| Clitellum | a barrel-shaped structure that aids in reproduction |
| mouth | an opening located at the Anterior end of a segmented worm |
| pharynx | an organ that sucks soil so it can travel to the crop |
| crop | an organ that stores soil |
| gizzard | an organ that grinds soil using muscular contractions |
| intestine | an organ that passes excess soil out to the anus |
| nephridia | small organs that gather the waste products of metabolism and push them through the nephridiopores |
| The organs of the digestive system | Clitellum, mouth, pharynx, crop, gizzard, intestine, and nephridia |
| Dorsal blood vessel and ventral blood vessel | Two main blood vessels that are linked together by aortic arches and perform functions much like those of a heart |
| Cuticle | a moist layer that covers the epidermis |
| Ganglia | masses of nerve cell bodies that control the nervous system |
| ventral nerve cord | a cord that travels down the earth worm that can sense touch, light, and certain chemicals |
| Seminal vesicles | organs that store sperm |
| oviducts | organs that store ovaries |
| Seminal reciprocals | an organ that, during reproduction, contains the sperm from the seminal vesicles |