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Platyhelminthes

1.Which of the following is not an acoelomate?


 a. Platyhelminthes
 b. monogenea
 c. nematoda
 d. Turbellaria 

2. Three important characteristics first appeared in the acoelomates. Which of the following is not one of
them?
 a. bilateral symmetry
 b. a true mesoderm
 c. an excretory system 
 d. a nervous system

3. Acoelomates lack a body cavity because the __________ mass completely fills the area between the
outer epidermis and digestive tract.
 a. mesodermal 
 b. ectodermal
 c. endodermal
 d. nervous

4. Which of the following classes is not parasitic?


 a. Turbellaria 
 b. Monogenea
 c. Trematoda
 d. Cestoidea

5. Sexual maturity in a larval body form is called __________.


 a. incomplete organization
 b. complete organization
 c. paedomorphosis 
 d. all of the above (a-c)

6. Characteristics of the phylum Platyhelminthes include all of the following except __________.
 a. usually flattened dorsoventrally
 b. usually unsegmented worms
 c. incomplete gut
 d. many organ systems present 

7. A turbellarian that has no pharynx or digestive cavity is termed


 a. tricladia.
 b. polycladida.
 c. acoela 
 d. marcostomida

8. Which is not part of the protonephridial system in a turbellarian?


 a. nephridiopore
 b. flame cell
 c. nephron 
 d. Excretory tube

9. A few turbellarians have a free swimming larva termed a


 a. Muller's larva. 
 b. Planula larva.
 c. Oncomiricidium.
 d. Miricidium.

10. Monogenetic flukes are so named because they


 a. have only one generation in their life cycle.
 b. have a life cycle where only one adult develops from one egg.
 c. are solely external parasites.
 d. both a and b 

11. The scientific name of the Chinese liver fluke is __________ __________.
 a. Fasciola hepatica
 b. Schistosoma haematobium
 c. S. mansoni
 d. Clonorchis sinensis 

12. The scientific name of the sheep liver fluke is __________ _________.
 a. Fasciola hepatica 
 b. Schistosoma haematobium
 c. S. mansoni
 d. Clonorchis sinensis

13. In the beef tapeworm life cycle, as an egg develops it forms a sex-hooked (hexacanth) larva called a
oncosphere.
 True 
 False

14. Tapeworms are structurally more specialized than flukes.


 True 
 False

Chapter 23 - The Arthropods: Blueprint for Success

1. All of the following are characteristics of members of the phylum Arthropoda EXCEPT
one. Select the exception.
 a. metamerism modified by tagmatization
 b. dorsal nervous system 
 c. chitinous exoskeleton provides support and protection
 d. open circulatory system in which blood is released into tissue spaces
derived from the blastocoel

2. All of the following are protostomate phyla EXCEPT one. Select the exception.
 a. Mollusca
 b. Platyhelminthes 
 c. Arthropoda
 d. Annelida

3. Biramous appendages are present in, or were present in, ______.


 a. all arthropods
 b. Crustacea and Insecta
 c. Crustacea and Trilobitomorpha 
 d. Trilobitomorpha and Arachnida

4. The sensory, feeding, and locomotor tagma of members of the subphylum


Chelicerata is the ______.
 a. thorax
 b. prosoma or cephalothorax 
 c. opisthosoma
 d. abdomen

5. The second pair of appendages of members of the subphylum Chelicerata is used in


sensory perception, feeding, locomotion, or reproduction. These appendages are called
______.
 a. mandibles
 b. chelicerae
 c. pedipalps 
 d. pedicels

6. ______ is the largest class in the subphylum Crustacea.


 a. Malacostraca 
 b. Branchipoda
 c. Copepoda
 d. Cirripedia

7. Barnacles are members of the class ______.


 a. Malacostraca
 b. Branchipoda
 c. Copepoda
 d. Cirripedia 

8.. Metamorphosis often results in adult and immature stages having different feeding
habits and habitats. Metamorphosis, therefore, reduces competition between adult and
immature stages and has contributed to the success of the arthropods.
 True 
 False

9. Arthropods that have just undergone ecdysis are secretive and remain hidden
because the new exoskeleton has not been formed.
 True
 False 

10. Book lungs or book gills are present in members of the subphylum Crustacea.
 True
 False 
11. The appendages of a crayfish are said to be serially homologous because they have
evolved from a common ancestral form. The common ancestral form is the biramous
appendage, which consists of a protopodite that attaches to the body wall and gives rise
to two distal processes: a lateral exopodite, and a medial endopodite.
 True 
 False

12. Virtually all zoologists agree that the phylum Arthropoda is a monophyletic grouping.
 True
 False
13. Periodic shedding of exoskeleton by arthropods is known as:
ecdysis

14. The unbranched appendage of an arthropod is called:


Uniramous
15. Mandibles and maxilla are mouth parts of certain arthropods.
Yes No

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