Worm Dissection Parts
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vkuruvanka on March 19, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Mouth | anterior opening for ingestion of food (digestive) |
| Pharynx | muscular structure that creates suction to draw in food (digestive) |
| Esophagus | muscular tube that carries food from the pharynx to the crop (digestive) |
| Crop | sac for storing food (digestive) |
| Gizzard | muscular structure for mechanical digestion (digestive) |
| Intestine | chemical digestion and absorption of nutrients (digestive) |
| Anus | releases digestive system waste (digestive) |
| Aortic Arches (anterior) | pump blood (circulatory) |
| Dorsal Blood Vessel | transports blood to the anterior end of the body (circulatory) |
| Ventral Blood Vessel | transports blood to the posterior end of the body (circulatory) |
| Brain | sends and receives signals to/from the body (nervous) |
| Ventral Nerve Cord | transmits signals between brain and body (nervous) |
| Seminal Vesicles | stores sperm made by the earth worm (contains testicles) (reproductive) |
| Seminal Receptacles | store sperm from another earth worm (reproductive) |
| Sperm Duct Openings | ventral pores through which sperm are exchanged (reproductive) |
| Clitellum | external tissue that secretes a mucus cocoon for the fertilized eggs (reproductive) |
| Septa | internal connective tissue that separate the segments |
| Segment | body section |
| Setae | bristles on the ventral surface |
| Anterior | head end |
| Posterior | anus end |
| Dorsal | top, or back surface |
| Ventral | bottom or belly |
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