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Segmented worms

Segmented worms. Chapter 13 Section 2. Annelids. Segmented worms have setae (bristle-like structures) to hold on to the soil and to move Bilateral symmetry Body cavity holding organs Two body openings (mouth and anus). Earthworms.

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Segmented worms

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  1. Segmented worms Chapter 13 Section 2

  2. Annelids • Segmented worms have setae (bristle-like structures) to hold on to the soil and to move • Bilateral symmetry • Body cavity holding organs • Two body openings (mouth and anus)

  3. Earthworms • Have more than 100 segments and move using their setae and two sets of muscles in the body wall.

  4. Earthworms • Ingest soil which moves to the crop for storage, then to the gizzard for grinding, then to the intestine; wastes exit the anus and help fertilize the soil

  5. Earthworms • Have a closed circulatory system and exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide through skin covered with watery mucus

  6. Earthworms • Small brain which is connected to nerves in each segment • Hermaphrodites that must exchange sperm with another earthworm to reproduce.

  7. Marine worms • OR polychaetes, have segments with setae in bundles

  8. Marine worms • Some polychaetes are sessile, and some build tubes around their bodies for protection. • Some polychaetes such as the bristle worm are free-swimming.

  9. Leeches • Segmented worms without setae; they feed on blood from other animals. • Leeches used in medicine to prevent blood from coagulating • Leeches release chemicals that are being studied as treatments for heart and circulatory diseases, strokes, arthritis, and glaucoma

  10. Leeches

  11. What do segmented worms do? • Valuable since they aerate the soil, produce medically useful chemicals, and provide food for many fish, invertebrates, and mammals. • Evolved in the sea and may have had a common ancestor with mollusks

  12. Earthworm food for thought… • How does an earthworm breath?

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