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    Phylum Platyhelminthes MCQ - NEET Practice Questions with Answers

    Edited By admin | Updated on Sep 18, 2023 18:34 AM | #NEET

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    • Phylum Platyhelminthes is considered one of the most asked concept.

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    Flame cells help in ________ and are seen in Phylum __________

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    Which one of the following kinds of animals is triploblastic?

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    Planaria possesses a high capacity of 

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    Phylum Platyhelminthes
    • Platyhelminthes are also called flat-worms because the cross-section of the body is flat
    • The body is dorsoventrally flattened
    • This phylum consists of planaria, flukes and tapeworms
    • These are first to exhibit triploblastic phenomenon, i.e., the embryo shows the arrangement of three germ layers as ectoderm, mesoderm and endoderm
    • These are acoelomate. The space between ectoderm and endoderm is filled with mesodermal tissue called parenchyma
    • They show bilateral symmetry. They are the first animals to show a degree of cephalization
    • They show organ level of body organization
    • They are mostly parasitic. Some free-living forms are aquatic
    • They have an unsegmented body
    • Tapeworms (Taenia), Liver fluke (Fasciola) are the examples 
    • Tapeworms show pseudo segmentation
       

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