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Caphalizaton:
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The presence of a "head" region, Usually containing nerve tissue and supplied with sensory organs.
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Planarians:
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These small flatworms commonly inhabit freshwater lakes and streams and may vary in color from black to brown or brown to white
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Gastroderm:
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The layer lining the interior of the animal, primarily perform digestion.
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Mesoderm -
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the middle germ layer in an embryo.
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Pharynx - .
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the portion of the digestive tract that connects the mouth cavity and the esophagus.
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Flame cells
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cells that posses tufts of cilia.
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Tegument
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a protective body covering
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Scolex
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the interior end of a tapeworm
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Proglottids
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a segment of a tapeworm's body
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Intermediate Host -
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An animal that temporarily harbors an immature form of a parasite.
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round worms -
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Tiny cylindrical worms usually less than 2.5 cm (1 in.) long. Although hey lack in size the make up in sheer numbers. These tiny animals inhabit every enviroent and every living thing. Phylum nematoda.
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earth worm -
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The earthworm belongs to the phylum Annelida. Its body is divided into similar rings or segments. This segmentation is external and internal.
Internally, a thin membrane, or septum, separates each segment of the body. Along the worm's ventral and lateral surfaces are setae. It feeds on vegetation, refuse, and decayed animal matter in the soil. It has a closed circulatory system, as well a pair of ganglia(nerve system). It reproduces sexually with sperm and egg. |
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Septum(pl., septa) -
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A wall that separates the inner divisions of a segemented worm.
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Clitellum
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a barrel-shaped swelling usually covering segments 32 through 37
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Prostomium
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a liplike structure above the mouth of an earthworm
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Setae
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tiny bristles, four pairs to each segment that can be retracted into the worm's body
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Crop
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where the food-laden soil is stored temporarily
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Gizzard
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a similar structure in the foregut of arthropods and several other invertebrates, often lined with chitin and small teeth.
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Aortic arches
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a series of six paired embryological vascular structures which give rise to several major arteries
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Casts
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To shed; molt.
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Nephridia
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the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface
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Mollusks-
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Any of numerous chiefly marine invertebrates of the phylum Mollusca, typically having a soft body, a mantle, and a protective shell and including the edible shellfish and the snails
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Mantle-
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The sheath of tissue that covers the body of a mollusk; also secretes the shell.
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Shell-
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the tough multilayered structure secreted by the mantle as a means of protection or body support.
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Visceral hump-
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The portion of a mollusk's body that contains internal organs.
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Foot
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a fleshy muscular organ that is used for locomotion and assumes a variety of forms, depending on the animal
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Radula
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a small organ covered with many tiny teeth that scrapes up food particles and draws them into the mollusks mouth
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Echinoderms
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Marine animals ranging from the sea urchin to the star fish. they are also characterized by there unique water vascular system.
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water-vascular system
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a series of canals and tubules that are used for locomotion and food capture in the epidermis
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