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Worm Nematodes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Common name is roundworms | Phylum Nematoda |
| Roundworm kingdom | Animalia |
| Roundworm phylum | Nematoda |
| Roundworm domain | Eukarya |
| Are most roundworms parasitic or freeliving? | freeliving |
| Roundworm type of symmetry | bilateral |
| Are roundworms acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, or coelomate? | pseudocoelomate |
| Is the roundworm body cavity between the endoderma and mesoderm, or within the mesoderm? | within mesoderm |
| Type of roundworm digestive system | complete |
| Do roundworms have one or two openings in their digestive system? | two |
| How do roundworms obtain oxygen and get rid of carbon dioxide? | diffusion |
| Do roundworms have a respiratory system? | no |
| Do roundworms have a circulatory system? | no |
| Which do roundworms have: a ganglia, a nerve net, or a brain? | ganglia |
| Do roundworms have a nervous system? | yes |
| Do roundworms have a digestive system | yes |
| Do roundworms have a reproductive system | yest |
| Do roundworms use sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction or both? | sexual |
| having both male and female reproductive organs in one body | monoecious |
| having either male or female reproductive organs but not both | dioecious |
| Are roundworms monoeicious or dioecious? | dioecious |
| muscle that constricts like a belt to make the body long like and inchworm | circular |
| muscle that constricts from head to tail to make the body move like a whip back and forth | longitudinal |
| Do roundworms have circular muscle, longitudinal muscle, or both? | longitudinal |
| Parasitic roundworm that usually enters through the feet, moves through the circulatory system to the lungs. Common in SE US | hookworm |
| Parasitic roundworm acquired from eating undercooked infected meat, usually pork. Worm lives as a cyst in the muscle, causing muscular problems | trichinella |
| Roundworm parasite that lives in colon and lays eggs around anus causing itching. Common in children, spread easily, and causes no physical problems | pinworm |
| Type of parasitic roundworms that cause heartworms in pets and elephantiasis and the loa loa in the eye of humans | filaria |
| Roundworm parasite acquired through contaminated water; worm travels under skin and wraps into muscle and other tissue | guinea worm |
| Roundworm parasite about 8 inches long; acquired through contaminated food, travels from intestine to lungs back to intestine | ascaris |
| number of reproductive organs in female ascaris | two |
| number of reproductive organs in male ascaris | one |
| list the parts of the female roundworm reproductive system beginning with vagina | vagina, uterus, oviduct, ovary |
| list the parts of the male roundworm reproductive system beginning with the | spicule, seminal vesicle, vas deferens, testis |
| which is larger, ovary or oviduct? | oviduct |
| which is larger oviduct or uterus? | uterus |
| which is larger ovary or uterus? | uterus |
| which is larger testis or vas deferens | vas deferens |
| which is larger vas deferens or seminal vesicle? | seminal vesicle |
| which is larger testis or seminal vesicle | seminal vesicle |