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Is a gastrovascular cavity a digestive tract with two openings - a mouth and anus?
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No, a gastrovascular cavity only has one opening. Only an alimentary canal features a mouth and anus.
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One difference between a gastrovascular cavity and a complete digestive tract?
A gastrovascular cavity is a digestive sac with only a single opening. A complete digestive tract (otherwise known as an Alimentary canal) has two openings (a mouth and anus) between its digestive tubes unlike the gastrovascular cavity in which food is ingested and eliminated through the same opening (example would be hydra)
What does the mouth cavity open into?
The oral cavity, or mouth, opens into the oropharynx, the portion of the throat behind the mouth.
The sac like gut or gastrovascular cavity of cnidarians has?
A) Only one opening: they expel undigested material through the mouth.
Explain how feeding and digestion occur in planarians?
A planarian is a non parasitic flatworm commonly found in ponds and rivers. Digestive enzymes are secreted from their mouth, then the pharynx moves the food to the gastrovascular cavity, where nutrients diffuse to the rest of the body.
What is the posterior opening of the digestive tract in a fetal pig?
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How is the mouth cavity connected to the rest of the body?
The oral cavity, or mouth, is connected the the rest of the digestive system via the pharynx.
What are the advantages of Digestive Cavity?
faster transmission of nutrients thoughout the body
How does a planarian despose of waste?
Food first passes through the mouth into the gastrovascular cavity where it is digested after which waste products exit through the same opening.
Where is a fish's mouth?
A jellyfish takes food in through its mouth which is located on the underside if its bell. Food is digested in a sac-like structure called a coelenteron or gastrovascular cavity. Waste material is passed out through the mouth.
What is the hydra digestive system like?
Cnidarians and flatworms have a gastrovascular cavity. Cnidarians, such as the hydra, use their tentacles to move food through their mouth into their gastrovascular cavity. Then the cells lining this cavity excrete digestive enzymes that will start extracellular digestion and break the prey into smaller pieces. Any undigested remnants of the prey are expelled through the mouth opening. Like cnidarians, flatworms have a gastrovascular cavity with a single opening, but the cavity itself is highly folded. These folds greatly increase the surface area and extend throughout the body, bringing nutrients within the reach of all cells.The gastrovascular cavity of cnidarians and flatworms allows them to digest larger prey than they could with intracellular digestion. However, the effectiveness of a gastrovascular cavity in supplying the animal with nutrients is limited. Because there is only one opening to the external environment through which prey is taken in and remnants are expelled, the animals have to complete digestion of the first prey and expel its remnants before taking in another prey. With the evolution of a second opening in the digestive system, the digestive system became a digestive tract, or alimentary canal, making it a one-way system between mouth and anus. Food could now be taken in and processed continuously, providing the animal with more nutrients. Most animals-including vertebrates, arthropods, mollusks, round worms and earthworms-have this form of digestive tract.A one-way digestive tract is efficient because it allows the food to pass through a series of specialized regions. Such regions may be specialized for protein, fat, or carbohydrate digestion, making each step more efficient. Other regions may be used for food storage or for preparing the food for chemical digestion by physically grinding it into smaller pieces, which exposes more surface area to the action of digestive enzymes. These specialized regions eventually evolved into organs as parts of a complex digestive organ system. However, because nutrient dispersal, by the digestive system itself to all cells of the body, was no longer feasible with such a specialized digestive system (and animals became larger and bulkier) a separate cardiovascular system evolved to serve that function.
What is the feeding sturcture of a planarian?
They have a mouth ventrally located in the middle of their body connected to a pharynx and a gastrvascular cavity. Their food is digested by enzymes and glides through their mouth and pharynx to the gastrovascular cavity which is somewhat a primitive stomach that delivers nutrients all over the body.
Is a hydra body design acoelomate?
No a Hydra is non a pseudocoelmate, acoelomate, or eucoelomate. The basic body plan is a sac with central digestive compartment, the gastrovascular cavity. A single opening functions as mouth and anus. There are 2 variations on this body plan: the sessile polyp and the motile medusa
