a Citellum becomes cocoon where eggs are incubated 2-3 weeks, hatched out in soil
b Specialized tissue, can generated after worm is cut in half
c Dorsal blood vessel act like a heart, taking oxygenated blood from capillaries, pumps blood doing peristalsis, has a total of 10 hearts
d Face opposite, slide along each other lining up gonopores
e Hermaphrodites
5 Multiple Choice Questions
Food moved to esophagus
complex tissue-origins
Brain in anterior end is mass of nerve cells (ganglia), 1 longitudinal nerve cord runs length of body. Septum divides into compartments and nerve cord branched out connecting to each segment
contract and pull worm forward and elongates
Enters long intestine lined with typholsole, enzymes secreted, nutrients enter blood stream
5 True/False Question
Digestive Track (6) → Ground up in gizzards when ready for processing
Reproductive System → Dual sex organs, can't fertilize its own eggs, 2 testes, sperm in seminal vesicles
Mating Process (2) → Citellum secretes mucus, each worm deposits sperm into other through mucus film. Once completed worms separate