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Similarities Between Crayfish And The Frog

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The worm, crayfish, and the frog have many of the same distinct features as well as some that are not. Throughout the dissection days, i’ve observed many things that relate to the human body system like the digestive system, respiratory, reproduction, etc. But, there are also many things that don’t match with one another. There are many things I can talk about the similarities and differences between all these animals to the human system, but i'll keep this short so it won’t be a whole 7 page essay. I will be talking about mostly about the similar and differences to each one that is compared to the human body system or mostly compared to one another.

The Worm and Humans. Which don’t seem alike in features and characteristics, but through the insides of the anatomy shows differences and similarities. One of the differences I can quickly take off the list is that worms breathe out of their skins while humans breathe out of their lungs to their nostrils. Worms breathe out of their skin is because since they live in the dirt in which they would have to breath out of their skin. Another thing is that in the circulatory system in the worm, the blood mostly circulates through the vessels and the aortic vessels are the heart components in the worm. The human circulatory system is that the heart is the main component to the system and is the muscle used to pump blood. Some of the similarities that are between both is that the digestive system is some what similar to the human digestive system. How that works is all the food goes down in the mouth first and then goes to the Crop, in which is the stomach of the worm. It stores there for a bit until it goes to the Gizzard in which that would break down the nutrients that the worm needs in its body. In which the waste will soon leave out of the body for both of them. They also have pharynx in which is part of the throat and the esophagus in which is the part that carries the food to the stomach.
The Human and Crayfish. There are many differences between these two, the first is the skeletal system for the human is inside the body and that helps maintain the organs in place. While the skeletal system or exoskeleton is outside the body for the crayfish that helps

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