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Cross section: intestine region of an ascaris

Legend:

1  cuticula
2  ventral /dorsal chord
3  vacuolised part of muscle
4 intestinal epithelium
5  lumen of intestine
7  lateral chord
7  pseudocoel
8  uterus (+ egg cells)
9  muscle cells

English name: human ascoid
Scientific name: Ascaris lumbricoides
Familia: Ascaridae
Classis: Secernentea
Phylum: Nematoda
Regnum: Animalia