Flatworms

This type of flatworm is free-living in freshwater environments.

• Trichinosis

• Planarian

• Schistosomiasis

• Tapeworm

This type of parasitic flatworm lives inside the intestines after it is consumed in undercooked meats.

• Trichinosis

• Planarian

• Schistosomiasis

• Tapeworm

This condition is the result of a parasitic flatworm that uses a water snail as it's intermediate host.

• Trichinosis

• Planarian

• Schistosomiasis

• Tapeworm

Flatworms are in the Phylum

• Nematoda

• Platyhelminthes

Flatworms show...

• no symmetry

• radial symmetry

• bilateral symmetry

Sensory cells of the flatworm are collected in the ... part.

• anterior

• posterior

• dorsal

• ventral

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is cephalization?

• formation of a digestive system

• concentration of sensory organs in the anterior end of an animal.

• formation of a dorsal side

• formation of bilateral symmetry

• formation of an excretory system

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Turbellaria are...

• parasites

• free-living

They have an eversible (comes out of the animal) pharynx.

• Turbellaria

• Trematoda

• Cestoda

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Humans are their final host.

• Turbellaria

• Cestoda