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Platyhelmithes A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acetebulum | ventral sucker of a fluke |
| acoelomate | no body cavity |
| Auricles | chemosensory "ears" of a planarian |
| cercaria | tadpole like juvenile stage of fluke that causes swimmer itch |
| Cestoda | Class Tapeworms |
| ectoderm | cells that develop in to/make gut and gastro vascular tract |
| endoderm | cells that develop in to/make skin |
| fish | 2st intermediate host of human liver fluke |
| flame cells | flagellated excretory/osmoregulatory cells in flatworms |
| gyneochophoric groove | groove in male schistosoma that carries, protects and holds the female; when connected copulation is occuring |
| human | definative host of human liver fluke |
| mesoderm | cells that develop in to/make bone, muscles |
| metacercaria | juvenile stage of fluke that has lost its tail and is encysted |
| Miracidium | ciliated free swimming stage of the fluke |
| nephridopore | excretory pore/ flame cell deposit |
| parenchyma | solid mesoderm, spongey mass filling spaces |
| Platyhelminthy | Phylum flatworm |
| proglottid | "segments" of a tape worm; each contains a set of reproductive organs |
| rhabdite | rod like structure in turbellarians; discharged in musus increases movability and defense, noxious odor |
| Schistosoma | blood fluke exhibiting sexual dimorphism |
| Schistosomiasis | infection with the blood fluke schistosoma |
| snail | 1st intermediate host of human liver fluke; only intermediate host for schistosoma |
| trematoda | Class Flukes |
| turbellarians | Class plannarians (freeliving flatworms) |
| vitelaria | produces yolk for eggs in trematoda |