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Pharynx

muscular tube through which the flat work can suck good into it’s gut

Gravid

Term for an organism which is mature and pregnant or full of eggs

Cephalization

Concentration of sense organs and nervous system control at the anterior end of the body

Proglottid

Individual segment of a tapeworm body: contains muscles, nerves, and sexual organs necessary to survive and reproduce

Snail

Intermediate host of a blood fluke;

Ocelli

Scientific term for eyespots which can detect light intensity

Auricles

The projections on a planarian which give the anterior end its triangular shape

Protonephridia

Flatworm structures used for excretion and osmoregulation

Dorsal

This blood vessel pumps blood anteriorly towards the head of an earthworm

Endocrine system

Body system which used hormones to regulate reproduction and regeneration

Setae

Short stiff needle like bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion

Entomology

Study of insects

Malaria

Carried by Anopheles mosquitoes

Tsetse flies

Carry African sleeping disease

Millipede

Slow moving animals and may roll into a coil when disturbed

Centipede

Hundred feet ,

Tagmata

Parts of the body

Harvestmen

Daddy long legs

Crop

Stretchy saclike organ of the digestive system that holds materials temporarily

Heart worms

Infect dogs ; transmitted by mosquitoes

Spider crab

Largest known of the Japanese spider crab

Chelipeds

Large pincers used for defense and capturing food

Brown recluse

1 of the 2 deadliest spiders

Ticks

#2 vector

Lyme disease

Chronic disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by a deer tick

Mosquitoes

These Arthropods are the number one disease vector in the world

Larva

Wingless wormlike stage of an arthropod during complete metamorphosis

Compound

Type of eyes

Hydrostatic

Type of skeleton and is filled w fluid for annelids

Blood fluke

Fluke named after blood liver; more dangerous than a tapeworm .

Peristomium

Lobe around the mouth

Castings

Worm poop

Gizzard

Thick muscular sac-like organ if the digestive system that grinds food into small pieces

Annuli

External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm

Posterior

Youngest segment of a worm body.. at the end of the body

Mandible

Jaw

Scolex

Anterior structure on a tapeworm ; used for attachment

Strobila

Main part of the body of a tapeworm made up of smaller repeated units