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38 Cards in this Set
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Pharynx |
muscular tube through which the flat work can suck good into it’s gut |
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Gravid |
Term for an organism which is mature and pregnant or full of eggs |
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Cephalization |
Concentration of sense organs and nervous system control at the anterior end of the body |
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Proglottid |
Individual segment of a tapeworm body: contains muscles, nerves, and sexual organs necessary to survive and reproduce |
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Snail |
Intermediate host of a blood fluke; |
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Ocelli |
Scientific term for eyespots which can detect light intensity |
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Auricles |
The projections on a planarian which give the anterior end its triangular shape |
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Protonephridia |
Flatworm structures used for excretion and osmoregulation |
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Dorsal |
This blood vessel pumps blood anteriorly towards the head of an earthworm |
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Endocrine system |
Body system which used hormones to regulate reproduction and regeneration |
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Setae |
Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
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Entomology |
Study of insects |
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Malaria |
Carried by Anopheles mosquitoes |
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Tsetse flies |
Carry African sleeping disease |
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Millipede |
Slow moving animals and may roll into a coil when disturbed |
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Centipede |
Hundred feet , |
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Tagmata |
Parts of the body |
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Harvestmen |
Daddy long legs |
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Crop |
Stretchy saclike organ of the digestive system that holds materials temporarily |
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Heart worms |
Infect dogs ; transmitted by mosquitoes |
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Spider crab |
Largest known of the Japanese spider crab |
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Chelipeds |
Large pincers used for defense and capturing food |
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Brown recluse |
1 of the 2 deadliest spiders |
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Ticks |
#2 vector |
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Lyme disease |
Chronic disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by a deer tick |
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Mosquitoes |
These Arthropods are the number one disease vector in the world |
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Larva |
Wingless wormlike stage of an arthropod during complete metamorphosis |
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Compound |
Type of eyes |
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Hydrostatic |
Type of skeleton and is filled w fluid for annelids |
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Blood fluke |
Fluke named after blood liver; more dangerous than a tapeworm . |
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Peristomium |
Lobe around the mouth |
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Castings |
Worm poop |
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Gizzard |
Thick muscular sac-like organ if the digestive system that grinds food into small pieces |
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Annuli |
External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm |
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Posterior |
Youngest segment of a worm body.. at the end of the body |
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Mandible |
Jaw |
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Scolex |
Anterior structure on a tapeworm ; used for attachment |
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Strobila |
Main part of the body of a tapeworm made up of smaller repeated units |