how can flatworms and roundworms do function when they dont have organs
Asked by adityajhasaby0107 | 16th Nov, 2015, 03:24: PM
Expert Answer:
For Flatworms:
1. Respiration
- Free-living forms respire through the body surface.
- Parasitic flatworms are anaerobes.
2. Circulation
- The circulatory system is absent.
3. Digestive Tract
- The digestive tract is incomplete, i.e. without an anus. However, a muscular suctorial pharynx and highly branched intestine are present.
4. Excretion
- They are ammonotelic.
- They possess protonephridia which contain flame cells.
5. Skeleton
- They do not have any skeleton.
- Some flatworms have a cuticle which protects their body from the host’s digestive juices.
6. Nervous System
- It consists of the brains and two longitudinal nerves.
- Both nerves are connected at intervals by transverse commissures.
- Hence, the nervous system appears ladder-like.
7. Reproduction
- Asexual reproduction is by transverse binary fission.
- Possess highly developed reproductive organs.
- All flatworms are hermaphrodites, except Planaria which is a unisexual animal.
For Roundworms:
1. Respiration
- A respiratory system is absent.
2. Circulation
- A circulatory system is absent.
3. Digestive Tract
- The digestive tract is complete.
- Shows the presence of the muscular pharynx.
4. Nutrition
- Parasitic and found on plants and in animals.
5. Excretion
- Excretion is carried out by a large H-shaped renette cell.
6. Skeleton
- Skeleton is absent.
7. Nervous System
- A circumpharyngeal ring is present from which nerves arise forward and backward.
8. Reproduction
- Sexes are separate.
- Show sexual dimorphism. The male is smaller than the female, and its posterior end is curved.
- Asexual reproduction is absent.
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Answered by Hemangi Binny | 16th Nov, 2015, 03:55: PM
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