PRINCIPLES OF BIOLOGY I

SFB 1001

LABORATORY EXERCISE 10:

ANIMALIA - BILATERIA

Objective: To understand the characteristics and differences among

flatworm, liverfluke and tapeworm

Programme
Date

Group

Matric no. Name Signature

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10.1 Phylum Platyhelminthes - Class Turbellaria

- Observe the solid and non-segmented Planaria and label the structures.

Planaria

10.2 Phylum Platyhelminthes - Class Trematoda

- Observe Fasciola hepatica and label the structures: oral sucker, ventral sucker,
mouth, pharinks, ovary, uterus, testis, yolk gland, cuticle and excretory pore.

Fasciola hepatica
10.3 Phylum Platyhelminthes - Class Cestoda (Tapeworm)
- Observe Taenia saginata and label the structures: scolex, neck and strobila.

Taenia pisiformis composite

Taenia cysticercus
Question

1) What are the organs that can be found in proglotid?

2) Differentiate between liverfluke and tapeworm?

3) Why is the reproductive organ of liverfluke and tapeworm evolved well?

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SFB 1001

LABORATORY EXERCISE 11:

ANIMALIA - BILATERIA

Objective: To understand the characteristics of roundworm.

Programme
Date

Group

Matric no. Name Signature

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10.4 Phylum Nematoda - Class Turbellaria

- Observe the cross section of female and male Ascaris. Label the structures.
- Observe Trichinella that formed cysts in vertebrate muscle.

Ascaris lumbricoides male c.s.

Ascaris lumbricoides female c.s.

 Trichinella spiralis female w.m.

Questions

1) What is the adaptation on the outer structure of Ascaris that enables it to live as
endoparasit in hosts?
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SFB 1001

LABORATORY EXERCISE 12:

ANIMALIA - MOLLUSCA

Objective: To understand the basic characteristics of Mollusca.

Programme
Date

Group

Matric no. Name Signature

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12.1 Phylum Mollusca – Class Amphineura

- Observe and label the structures of Chiton.

Chiton

12.2 Phylum Mollusca – Class Gastropoda

- Draw and label different types of Gastropoda.
12.3 Phylum Mollusca – Class Pelecypoda (Bivalve)
- Draw and label the structures on bivalve shell. Identify the surface for muscle
attachment.

Bivalve

12.4 Phylum Mollusca – Class Cephalopoda

- Draw and label the structures for squid.

Squid

Questions

1) How do squid move in the water?