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Nematoda
BIOL2204 Nematoda
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Body structure | round worms, unsegmented, cylidrical (round in TS), covered by a tough, flexible cuticle that is moulted during growth, tapered ends |
| Pseudocoel | fluid-filled primary body cavity that acts with the body wall as a hydrostatic skeleton |
| Muscles and movement | longitudinal muscles but no circular body wall muscles, therefore side-to-side whip-like movement |
| Posterior end | female = anus at tapered end male = cloaca (anus + sperm) |
| Female TS (ascaris) | outer cuticle, epidermis, longitudinal body wall muscles, pseudocoel, intestine, uterus and ovary |
| Male TS (ascaris) | outer cuticle, epidermis, longitudinal body wall muscles, pseudocoel, testes (round), vas deferens (ovularish) |
| Nematode vs Polychaete | Nematode is unsegmented, cylindrical with tapered ends and a pseudocoel body cavity, polychaete is segmented with distinct head and coelomate body cavity, also has circular muscles |