Earthworm anatomy I

Earthworm anatomy I

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Absorbs nutrients from digested food

• crop

• gizzard

• esophagus

• intestine

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Cerebral ganglia are also called the

• septa

• setae

• brains

• hearts

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Carries blood through the body

• dorsal blood vessel

• ventral nerve cord

• ventral blood vessel

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Carries messages from the brain to the body

• dorsal blood vessel

• ventral nerve cord

• ventral blood vessel

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Carries food from pharynx to crop

• crop

• gizzard

• esophagus

• intestine

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Provides traction when crawling

• septa

• setae

• prostomium

• clitellum

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Fleshy flap of skin that covers and protects the worm's mouth and can sense light/dark

• septa

• setae

• prostomium

• clitellum

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Sperm travel along this from one worm to another while mating

• sperm duct opening

• sperm grooves

• seminal vesicles

• seminal receptacles

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Divides internal body (coelom) into compartments

• septa

• setae

• prostomium

• clitellum

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Makes mucus for reproduction

• septa

• setae

• prostomium

• clitellum

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Stores sperm received from other worms

• sperm duct opening

• sperm grooves

• seminal vesicles

• seminal receptacles

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Openings on ventral surface for seminal vesicles

• sperm duct opening

• sperm grooves

• seminal vesicles

• seminal receptacles

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pumps blood

• brain

• heart

• crop

• gizzard

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Makes sperm

• sperm duct opening

• sperm grooves

• seminal vesicles

• seminal receptacles

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Stores soil waiting to be digested

• brain

• heart

• crop

• gizzard

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Grinds food

• brain

• heart

• crop

• gizzard