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Earth Worm Disection Parts Function Digestive System - Prostomium - a small
fleshy lobe that extends over the mouth, used to help dig through the soil -
Mouth - the entrance for food into the digestive system, located under the
prostomium - Pharynx - A tube at the beginning of the digestive tract that
creates a sucking action to remove food particles from the soil, located just
behind the mouth.
Esophagus - a narrow passage in the digestive track that connects the
pharynex to the crop - Crop - a temporary storage area in the digestive track ,
food waits here before it passes to the remainder of the digestive track -
Gizzard - an area in the digestive track where strong muscles grind the food in
preparation for digestion - Intestine - Nutrient digestion and absorption take
place in this part if the digestive track. - Anus - Digestive wastes are
expelled through this opening located on the posterior end of the worm.
Nervous system - Brain - a center of nerve cells that coordinate all of the
activities of the worms body - Ventral nerve cord - A cord of nerves that runs
the length of the body along the bottom or belly of the worm. All nerve impulses
to and from the brain are carried din this cord Circulatory System - Aortic
Arches - a group of 5 muscular tubes that pump blood through the circulatory
system of the worm - Ventral blood vessels - a tube structure that carries blood
from the heart to the posterior of the worm located on the bottom of the worm, -
Dorsal blood vessel - gathers blood from the capillaries in the body and returns
it to the heart for recircutation located in the back or top of the worm
Reproductive system - Seminal Vesicles (openings) - male reproductive
organs - Ovary (oviduct ovaries) - egg sack, female reproductive organs -
Seminal Receptacles (openings) - temporary storage areas for the male sperm
until the eggs are ready to be fertilized Other Systems - Nephridium - coiled
tubes in the body of a worm that collect and excrete liquid wastes from the body
of the worm. - Clitellum - a swollen area of band around the mid section of the
body of the worm.
Materials secreted from the clitellum form a cocoon in which the eggs are
hatched and the young worms develop. - Setae - Bristle structures found on the
skin of the worm. Four pair of Satae are found on each segment except the first
and last. Satae are used for movement. - Segments (somites) - The divisions in
the skin of a segmented worm. The internal segments are called septum. There can
be over 100 segments in the body of a worm.
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