Platyhelminthes III

Platyhelminthes III

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infect digestive tracts of vertebrates

• planarians

• tapeworms

• flukes

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uses a mouth to ingest blood or tissue of its host

• planarians

• tapeworms

• flukes

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Proglottids farthest from the scolex

• the most mature

• the most immature

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hosts of a blood fluke

• human

• dog

• flea

• snail

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How do tapeworms obtain nutrients?

• They consume nutrients through their mouths.

• They absorb the nutrients from their host.

• Their suckers take in the nutrients.

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disease caused by blood fluke

• gangrene

• cystocoma

• Schistosomiasis

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free-swimming larva of the blood fluke which can bore into the foot of a human

• proglottid

• scolex

• fluke

• cercaria

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What do both planarians and flukes possess, but not tapeworms?

• bilateral symmetry

• flame cells

• eyespots

• mouths

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Which one has separate sexes?

• planarians

• tapeworms

• flukes

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What structure contains suckers and hooks and is used by a tapeworm to attach to its host?

• flame cells

• proglottids

• scolex

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repeating sections of a tapeworm

• flame cells

• proglottids

• scolex

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proglottids contain

• nerves

• muscles

• eggs

• flame cells

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proglottids near the scolex

• the most mature

• the most immature