VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2012

  • question_answer
    Turbellarians are free living

    A)  nematodes      

    B)  cestodes

    C)  flatworms       

    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 (Dugesid), 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, e.g., 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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