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Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Nematohelminthes in the animal world

Introduction: Nematohelminthes are the animals which have round and cylindrical body. They have the transparent white colour without any segmentation. They also lack cilia. Their body is elongated and pointed at both ends. Most of these animals are also live as the endoparasites inside the body of the other animals. As they have round and cylindrical body shape, they are popularly known as "round worms". They sexual dimorphism i.e. male and female reproductive organs are present in the differentt individuals. Nematohelminthes are also termed as aound worms schelminthes. Many animals of this group are familiar to us as the round worms. For example, hook worms, pinworms, filaria worms etc. Round worms are the very famous endoparasitic worms which are included under the phylum nematohelminthes.
Which part of the body they live in? Actually round worms use to live in the small intestine in the body of vetebrates especially in the children. Children are the main victim of round worms due to the lack of health awareness in them. They use to eat and drink with dirty hands without cleaning the hands with soap and water.
Disease they cause: Round worms enter inside the body of children especially with dirty habits along with the contaminated food and drinks and reproduce inside their body. They eat the digested nutrients of the alimentary canal of children and finally cause the disease called "ascariasis."

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