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What is the function of the ventral nerve cord in an earthworm?
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∙ 13y ago
The ventral nerve cord makes up nearly all of the nervous system in the earthworm. It goes from the anterior (front) end to the posterior (back) end. It's function is simple; it's the nerves in the worm! If dissected, the nerve cord looks like a thin white line on the ventral (belly) side on the inside of the skin.
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What are the parts of earthworms nervous system?
An earthworm has a paired brain attach to it nerve cord, that flows to its ganglia. The Clitellum ( the ring or band on the worm) is were the worm senses things. An earthworm can also not feel pain.
What is the function of a nerve cord in a worm?
While humans and other vertebrates have a spinal column that runs down their back, or dorsal side, earthworms possess a nerve cord consisting of two strands that runs down their belly, or ventral side. The nerve cord of an earthworm relays impulses from receptors in the worm's anterior to posterior parts of its body.
How does the earthworm's main nerve cord differ from humans?
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What is a nerve cord for a reptile?
The nerve cord is in the backbone of reptiles, as it is in us.
What is function of backbone?
Essentially the same as that in any other vertebrate - including us. It is the central column of the skeleton, and the conduit for the nerve-bundle that is the spinal cord.
What does the ventral nerve cord do in a earthworm?
there is not a ventral nerve cord
What organs in an earthworm make up the nervous system?
ventral nerve cord
How does the position of a worms nerve cord compare with your nerve cord?
an earthworm's nerve cord is directly opposite that of a human's. the earthworm's nerve cord is along the ventral side (underside) of its body and the human's nerve cord is on the dorsal side (upperside) of the body along all of the internal organs
What are the parts of earthworms nervous system?
An earthworm has a paired brain attach to it nerve cord, that flows to its ganglia. The Clitellum ( the ring or band on the worm) is were the worm senses things. An earthworm can also not feel pain.
Where do the small nerves go when they branch from a ganglion of the ventral nerve cord on an earthworm?
The ventral nerve cord runs throughout an earthworm's body. When they start to branch from ganglion the nerve cords are still present throughout the segments.
Does the earthworms ventral nerve cord traverse the entire length of the body?
No, they only have a ventral blood vessel.
What are the small swelling found along the ventral nerve cord called on a earthworm?
It't the Ganglia (brain)
Earthworms nervous organs are?
The Nervous Organs in an Earthworm include: * The brain * The ventral nerve cord I hope this informaton is helpful to you!! =)
What is the function of a nerve cord in a worm?
While humans and other vertebrates have a spinal column that runs down their back, or dorsal side, earthworms possess a nerve cord consisting of two strands that runs down their belly, or ventral side. The nerve cord of an earthworm relays impulses from receptors in the worm's anterior to posterior parts of its body.
Are the ventral nerve cord and the ventral blood vessel connected?
no
Are the ventral nerve cord and ventral blood vessel connected?
no
Why do worms have a ventral nerve cord?
The nerve cord of an earthworm is ventral because the nerve cord runs down the ventral, or belly, plane of the organism compared to a dorsal nerve cord, which would run down the dorsal, or back, plane of the organism.
