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Nematode
By Leon And Lamont’e ft. Doug

2. Nematode
Roundworms that has long slender bodies that taper at both ends.
Length less than 1mm to 120mm (4ft).
Food enters the digestive tract with two opening.
Digested material is eliminated from the anus.
Have Separate sexes and are covered by a protective, noncellular layer called the cuticle.
150 species of roundworms are parasites of plants and animals.
Most kinds of roundworms live freely in soil, water, dead plants, or dead animals
Reproduce by laying eggs

3. Nematode-Ascaris
Parasite that lives in the intestines of pigs, horses and humans.
Feed on the food that passes through the intestines of there host.
Females grow up to 30cm(1ft)
Produce up to 200,000 eggs everyday
If severely infected the larvae in the lungs can back air pressure and cause bleeding from small blood vessels.

4. Ascaris Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Nematoda Class: Secernentea
Order: Ascaridida
Family: Asarididae
Genus: Ascaris
Species: A. lumbricoides

5. Nematode-hookworms size from 5 to 11 millimetres (0.2 to 0.4 inch)
Hookworms- a small roundworm that enters the bodies of human beings and some animals through the skin.
size from 5 to 11 millimetres (0.2 to 0.4 inch)
Live as parasites in the intestines.
Sucks up blood and tissue fluids.
Cause anemia (a shortage of red blood cells).
cause an itchy, red patch on human skin called creeping eruption

6. Hookworm
Kingdom:AnimaliaPhylum:NematodaClass:SecernenteaOrder:Family:AncylostomatidaeGenus:Necator/Ancylostoma

7. Nematode-Trichina
Trichina- a small roundworm that causes the disease trichinosis
measure between 1.4 mm and 1.6 mm long
Parasite- feed on animals.
Adults live embedded in the walls of the hosts intestine
The Produe larvae that travel through the bloodstream to the muscle where they form cysts.
People become infected when they eat undercooked meat usually pork that is contaminated with cysts.
After they are eaten, the cysts release the larvae (early form of the worms) which burrow into the intestinal wall and mature into adults.

8. Trichinella
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Nematoda Class Adenophorea Order Trichocephalida Family Trichinellidae Genus Trichinella

9. Nematode-Pinworm
Pinworm- Most common round parasite of humans in the united states
Infects 16% of adults 30% kids
Don’t cause any real diseases
5-10mm ( in)in length
Females migrate out and lay eggs
which become infectious in soil or in an intermediate host before infecting humans

10. Pinworm
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Nematoda Class Secernentea Order Ascaridida Family Oxyuridae Species Enterobius vermicularis
Enterobius vermicularis

11. Nematode-Filarial worm
Disease-cause-round worms that infect over 250 million people in tropical countries
Most dangerous filarial worms in the lymphatic system
100mm(4in)
Blocked-the lymphatic vessels causing fluid to accumulate in the limbs.
They can be seen in the blood near the body surface of the host (the animal in which the larvae live).

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13. References
Roundworm | Article | World Book Advanced (Oetinger, David F. "Roundworm." World Book Advanced. World Book, Web.  4 Apr )
Science Online – ascaris (ascaris." Science Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 4 Apr. 2011)
Science Online – pinworm (ascaris." Science Online. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 4 Apr. 2011)
Hookworm | Article | World Book Advanced (Oetinger, David F. "Hookworm." World Book Advanced. World Book, Web.  4 Apr. 2011)
Filaria | Article | World Book Advanced (Oetinger, David F. "Filaria." World Book Advanced. World Book, Web.  4 Apr. 2011)
(- Valerie Saxion "Everybody Has Parasites"; Bronze Bow Publishing 2003)
Modern Biology Book, Holt,Rinehart and Winston pg (Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. Modern Biology. Auston: Harcourt Classroom Education, 2002)
Rett, D "Enterobius vermicularis" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed April 04,

14. Reference
Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed April 04, 2011 at