difference between the digestive tract of earthworm and a flatworm?

Q: What do planarians (triclad flatworms) eat, and how do they digest it?

A: A planarian is a type of flatworm belonging to class Turbellaria. These organisms are present in…

Q: How does the digestive system of a nematode or annelid differ from that of a flatworm? In what ways…

A: The complete digestive system is the tract that has two sorts of openings. One is the mouth from…

Q: Tapeworms have no digestive system or mouth. How, then, do they obtain food?

A: Tapeworm is a parasitic flatworom, the grown-up of which lives in the digestive organs. It has a…

Q: How do flatworms affect human health and welfare?

A: Worms that are present in the phylum Platyhelminthes such as planarians, tapeworms, flukes are…

Q: Of what economic importance are earthworms?

A: An earthworm is known as the terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the order Opisthopora. They…

Q: stem. Describe the processes of ingestion and digestion in sponges. Sponges are sessile Sponges are…

A: Sponges are multicellular animals at their most basic level. They don't have any genuine tissues.…

Q: What features do all roundworms share?

A: Phylum Nemathelminthes or Aschelminthes belong to the animal Kingdom consist of roundworms. The word…

Q: What kind of body plan do grasshoppers have (sac, or tube-within-a-tube)?

A: A body plan is a group of structural and developmental characteristics that can be used to identify…

Q: How do flatworms breathe?

A: The worm of a phylum includes the planarians that will together and the parasitic flukes and…

Q: What is the type of digestive system in molluscs?

A: Molluscs are an important second largest of an invertebrate animals, most of which are marine. They…

Q: when observing earthworms, while they move, can you easily distinguish the anterior from the…

A: Earthworms are invertebrates belonging to annelida  They eat organic matter and are internally…

Q: List two or three features of an earthworm cross section that distinguish the dorsal and ventral…

A: The earthworm is an invertebrate that belongs to Phylum Annelida. It has a tubular body plan and…

Q: In the flatworm, flame cells are involved in what metabolic process? a. Reproduction b.…

A: Answer is d.) Osmoregulation.

Q: What is so primitive about the gastrointestinal system of free living flatworms?

A: Flatworms are basically defined as the soft bodied organisms that have flattened body. The tapeworm…

Q: What is reproductive system of earthworm?

A: The earthworm is an invertebrate that belongs to the order opisthosoma.  The body plan of an…

Q: How can you compare the structures of the five different kinds of flatworms?

A: Flatworms:- They are soft-bodied invertebrates usually much flattened acoelomate worms. Example:-…

Q: What is Ringworm? What are the different types of ringworm?

A: Pathogens are the living organisms that cause infections in other animals.

Q: State about Earthworm, Lumbricus ?

A: The phylum “Annelida” consists of animals like earthworms, ragworms, and leeches. These segmented…

Q: How do animals with pseudocoelom digest their food?

A: The pseudocoelom is a fluid-filled body cavity lying inside the external body wall  that bathes the…

Q: What is the type of digestion that occurs in cnidarians?

A: Cnidarians are a phylum which comes under the kingdom animalia.

Q: How does the number of body cavities of nematodes compare with that of flatworms?

A: Flatworms, also known as  platyhelminths, are a phylum of bilaterian, unsegmented, soft-bodied…

Q: What are differences between arm and tentacles of squid? Explain.

A: Squids & octopuses are commonly confused for one another for a reason. Because, they're both…

Q: Earthworm Describe the internal anatomy of the earthworm to those of the clam. What is the…

A: Earthworm:- An earthworm is a segmented worm,a terrestrial invertebrate belonging to the phylum…

Q: In planarians ampulation : What body parts are required for feeding? Do all of the planarians eat…

A: Planaria  They are free living flat worm belonging to the phylum Platyhelminhs. They have high…

Q: What is the structural characteristic which makes may round worms survive as parasites inside the…

A: Parasites are those organisms which depend on other organism (host) to lead their life. The host…

Q: Does shrimp have a true tail? Or the uropod is just an appendage/part of the abdomen and not…

A: Shrimps are the crustaceans that are the part of arthropods. They have jointed appendages and…

Q: The tapeworm is found in the intestine and of some mammals as what

A: Living beings that make their own food are autotrophs.

Q: Describe the advancements in the specialization of the digestive tract of earthworm in comparison to…

A: Introduction Earthworms are also known as farmers friend. As they improve soil quality and…

Q: In what ways do the characteristics of parasitic flatworms differ from those free-living planaria?

A: Platyhelminthes are also known as flat worms. They are mostly parasites but some are free-living.…

Q: Why are earthworms important in our ecosystem?

A: Introduction: Earthworms have a reddish brown color with a cylindrical body. The body is also…

Q: What refers to a digestive tract that is specialized with an anterior region to mix and churn food…

A: Digestion is the process by which complex food particles break down into simple food particles by…

Q: Why must terrestiral annelids such as earthworms maintain a moist skin surface

A: The terrestrial annelids like earthworms exchange of the gases like oxygen and carbon dioxide…

Q: Is there any relationship among fish lice, bird lice, and land mammals, except that they are lice?

A: The living world produces a diversity of organisms and their various relationships which are between…

Q: What are morphological structures of flatworms?

A: Flatworms are the soft-shell bodied, much flattened acoelomate worms, such as tapeworms, flukes etc.…

Q: Draw a neat diagram of digestive system of frog.

A: Digestive system of frog includes the alimentary canal and the digestive glands. The process of…

Q: How are the specific cell types patterned correctly? How does the flatwormtell the posterior…

A: Planaria are flatworms that reproduce asexually through fragmentation (not binary fission, which is…

Q: Which are the characteristics and organs of the digestive system of earthworms related to the type…

A: Animals can be classified into three types based on the diet as, plant eaters (herbivores), meat…

Q: . What type of nervous system does the flatworm exhibit? A) Centralized nervous system B)…

A: Flatworm exhibits centralized nervous system.

Q: worms closely related to

A: Earthworm can be defined as the terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the order  of Opisthopora.…

Q: How are the dorsal and ventral surfaces differentiated in a preserved, adult earthworm? The dorsal…

A: The earthworm is the nocturnal crawling organism that belongs to phylum Annelida. The earthworm has…

Q: Describe the digestive system of the earthworm and give the function of each structure.

A: The main part of an earthworm’s digestive system is an alimentary canal that positioned with the…

Q: Define the advantage of a digestive system with two openings have relative to digestive systems with…

A: The digestive systems of annelids have two openings as opposed to one. The digestive system provides…

Q: What are the structures of an insect digestive tract that are specialized for solid food type? What…

A: The insect's digestive system is a closed system, it's with one long enclosed coiled tube which is…

Q: . What is Ringworm? What are the different types of ringworm?

A: Ringworm is A highly contagious fungal infection of the skin or scalp. Ringworm is spread by…

Q: What is an example of freshwater flatworm? Due to that habitat what is the physiological problem…

A: Flat worms classified under Phylum Platyhelminthes. Platyhelminthes such as planarias has much more…

Q: Describe the life cycle of the human hookworm? How was john D. Rockfeller and southern US commerce…

A: Hello. Since your question has multiple sub-parts, we will solve first three sub-parts for you. If…

Parasitic infections

A parasite is an organism that lives in the body of another organism and obtains food at the expense of the host. There are two kinds of parasites they are internal and external. An internal parasite lives inside another organism and is known as endoparasite. An external parasite lives on the body surface of the host and is known as an ectoparasite.