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EXTERNAL ANATOMY
1. Body
2. Body covering
3. Organs of Attachment
3.3. It is usually at the anterior third of the ventral surface, but the position varies and in some
forms the ventral sucker may be missing.
1. Digestive System
1.1. Mouth
1.2. pharynx
1.3. eosophagus
2.1. Bladder
2.1.1. Sac-like and has various shapes. It usually opens at the posterior end of the body.
2.3.1. Excretory cell collecting from its surroundings the waste products to
2.3.2. The number of flame cells and the arrangement of their ducts is a
diagnostic characteristic.
4. Nervous System:
5. Reproductive System
5.1. With the exemption of Schistosomatidae & Dioymozoidae the digenetic trematodes are
hermaphrodite
5.2.1.1. Shapes
5.2.1.1.1. Spherical
5.2.1.1.2. Oval
bodies
5.2.1.2. Texture
5.2.1.2.2. Smooth
5.2.1.3.1. Anterior
5.2.1.3.2. Posterior
5.2.1.4.1. Horizontal
5.2.1.4.2. Oblique
5.2.1.4.3. Tandem
5.2.2. Vas efferentia
5.2.6. Cirrus
5.3.1.1. Shapes
5.3.1.1.1. Spherical
5.3.1.1.2. Oval
bodies
5.3.1.2. Texture
5.3.1.2.2. Smooth
5.3.2. Oviduct
5.3.4.1. 1 pair
5.3.5. Ootype
5.3.6. Uterus
6.1. Egg
6.2. Larvae ( 5)
6.2.1. Miracidium
6.2.2. Sporocyst
6.1.2.2. Within sporocyst the germinal cells multiple & produce either
daughter sporocyst or redia
6.2.3. Redia
6.2.5. Cercariae
6.3. Metacercaria
6.4. Adult