Essays Tagged: "Flatworm"

This essay is about zoology and further information of zoology. Includes an example of a zoologyst and it's meaning.

elomate (flat worm), and the ancestral coelomate (segmented). There are the sponges, coelenterates, flatworms, mollusks, annelids, arachnids, crustaceans, insects, echinoderms, fish, amphibians, repti ...

(1 pages) 28 0 3.5 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology

This is an experiment on how planaria regenerate body parts and an explaination as to how the experiment was performed.

his experiment was undertaken to evaluate the varying degrees and limitations of regeneration using flatworms. Regeneration occurs in many levels throughout the animal kingdom. The flatworms demonstra ... ry had been performed. Total regeneration and reproduction had occurred resulting in three separate flatworms from one that had been cut through three quarters of the length of the body.IntroductionPl ...

(6 pages) 38 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Science Essays

Green Detergents And Planaria

l live and grow new, complete bodies (Wonderful 1). Planaria belong to the phylum, Platyhelminthes (Flatworms). They are free living; flat-bodied, freshwater creatures that have an incredible ability ... e brain and both male and female reproductive organs. This means that they can reproduce asexually (Flatworm 1). Planaria provide food for larger animals and they help recycle materials from dead anim ...

(4 pages) 2354 0 0.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Flatworms

Flatworms, also known as Platyhelminthes, belong in the Kingdom Animalia. They are unsegmented flat ... inthes, belong in the Kingdom Animalia. They are unsegmented flat worms with a head and a tail end. Flatworms are considered the most primitive bilaterally symmetrical animals, meaning that their body ... ermits cephalization, the concentration of sensory structures and nervous function in the head end. Flatworms have one single opening, the mouth, so both food and wastes must enter and leave in the sa ...

(3 pages) 2331 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Free Living Flatworm Regeneration and the Practical Applications of Studying Their Regenerative Capabilities

lace an injured portion of an organism's body is known as regeneration. Regeneration of free living flatworms is most common pronounce among "more basal taxa (Aceola, Catenulida, and Macrostomorpha) a ... ll as in more derived taxa (Tricladida and Neodermata)" (Egger et al., 2007). The major free living flatworm taxa, with the exception of Nermodermatida, show some capacity to self regeneration damaged ...

(7 pages) 2992 0 3.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Science Essays > Zoology