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Phylum Platyhelminthes
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Biology
Undergraduate 4
10/29/2009

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Environment?
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Aquatic, moist terrestrial, hosts (>80% parasites)
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Body?
Definition
Flat; Acoelomate (no body cavity)
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Tissue Layers?
Definition
Triploblastic: (mesoderm in early stages). mesoderm-->muscles, tissues for repro. and excretion, Parenchyma.
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Organ Systems?
Definition
Beginning of organ systems. reproduction and excretion; NOT gas exchange or circulation. High surface area and volume. Have gut, no anus; some lack gut.
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Nervous System?
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Cephalized:concentration of nervous tissue at anterior; brain; longitudinal nerve cords
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Sensory Perception?
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Some have statocysts; chemo sensory pits; mechano receptors; photo receptors: eye spots(light vs dark)
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Excretion?
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Protonephridia: first kidney
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Reproduction?
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Simultaneous hermaphrodites(male, female gametes at same time).some self fertilize at same time; copulation w/ sperm transfer
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