JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2009

  • question_answer
    Turbellarians are free living

    A) nematodes        

    B)        cestodes

    C) flat worms         

    D)        trematodes

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Turbellaria (L. turbella - a string) is a class of phylum-Platyhelminthes. Turbellarians are mostly free, living flat worms, majorly aquatic (marine), presence of cilia, body unsegmented, mouth ventral, suckers absent with tango, chemo and photoreceptors, .e.g., Planaria (Dugesia), Bipalium etc. Trematoda (Gr. trema = hole; eidos = form), class of phylum-Platyhelminthes. Commonly called flukes, ecto or endoparasites, body without cilia, unsegmented with suckers and hooks, eg, Fasciola, Schistosoma etc. Cestoda (Gr. kestos = girdle eidos = form) is also    one of the class of phylum-Platyhelminthes. They are commonly called tapeworms parasites without cilia and sense organs body segmented (pseudometamerism), digestive system absent, .e.g., Taenia and Echinococcus.


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