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1Phylum Platyhelminthes are ________, meaning that they lack a body cavity(other than for digestion) and that their mesoderm is a solid mass of tissue.
A)pseudocoelomate
B)coelomate
C)acoelomate
D)eucoelomate



2Phyla Platyhelminthes and Nematoda are triploblastic.
A)True
B)False



3List two ways phylum Platyhelminthes are more complex that phylum Porifera.



4What kind of symmetry do phyla Platyhelminthes and Nematoda have?



5Many members of phylum Platyhelminthes are ________, meaning that individuals have both female and male organs.
A)bisexual
B)hermaphroditic
C)parasitic
D)parasexual



6List the three classes of phylum Platyhelminthes.



7Planaria feed by sucking food into a tubular ________ leading to the gastrovascular cavity.
A)proglottid
B)sucker
C)scolex
D)pharynx



8A liver fluke is an ectoparasite.
A)True
B)False



9Trematodes are covered by an acellular secretion that resists digestive enzymes and aids in respiration and absorbing nutrients called a ________
A)epidermis
B)procuticle
C)epicuticle
D)proglottid



10Differentiate between intermediate and definitive hosts.



11Class Cestoda are the most specialized flatworms.
A)True
B)False



12Tapeworms adhere to their hosts with a .



13Tapeworms are made primarily of a series of segments called that contain female and male organs.



14Phylum Nematoda are ________, meaning that they have a body cavity consisting of a fluid-filled space between the body wall and the digestive tract, which develops between the mesoderm and endoderm.
A)pseudocoelomate
B)coelomate
C)acoelomate
D)eucoelomate



15Nematodes have two evolutionary advances over platyhelminthes, a body cavity and a complete digestive tract.
A)True
B)False



16What is the genus of roundworms that you'll be dissecting?



17Roundworms have circular muscles.
A)True
B)False







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