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how can you distinguish between the top and bottom side of an earthworm
Its white
dorsel fin
Earthworm is an invertebrate hence it has its nerve chord at the "front" of its body, that is at the ventral surface.To avoid causing damage to the nerve chord,earthworm(invertebrate)is dissected dorsal side up.
It use their side's mussel to move.
The ventral side is lighter than the dorsal.
The dorsal side of an earthworm is darker than the ventral side because of the dorsal blood vessal that runs along the top of the digestive track and just under the skin. There is a ventral blood vessal, but it doesn't lie against the skin, but instead in between the ventral nerve cord and the digestive track.
the bottom side the bottom side the bottom side
The ventral side is lighter than the dorsal.
mostly red but some are yellow or non-visibleblue
Earthworms are generally some type of a brown tone.
Ventral is the lower part of the body(light-colored on a earthworm)(stomachs on a human) and dorsal is the top(butts on a human)(darker side on a earthworm)