anatomy of earthworm
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Earth worm
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Earthworms have a tube-like arrangement or cylindrical shaped and reddish-brown segmented body. The body is divided into small segments. The dorsal side is characterized by a dark line of blood vessels and the ventral side is characterized by the genital openings.
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The anatomy of Earth is in the following ways:-
- The body wall of the earthworm is covered externally by the epidermis, two muscle layers which are circular and longitudinal respectively and an innermost coelomic epithelium.
- Single layer of columnar epithelial cells present in epidermis contain secretory gland cells.
- The alimentary canal is a straight tube and runs between first to last segment of the body.
- A terminal mouth opens into the buccal cavity (1-3 segments) which leads into muscular pharynx.
- A small narrow tube, oesophagus (5-7 segments), continues into a muscular gizzard (8-9 segments), helps in grinding the soil particles and decaying leaves, etc.
- The stomach extends from 9-14 segments.
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