### process | ringworm:

Scalp ringworm
* is found on the head, and body ringworm affects arms, legs, or the chest.
* is highly contagious and especially among children
  - contagious, especially among children

### process:

Roundworm
* Many roundworms are parasites and can cause a variety of problems for people and pets.
* Most roundworms cause illnesses
  - infection
* Most roundworms have bilateral symmetry
  - blood
  - live in the spaces between soil particles, or other substratum
  - reproduce asexually
* Some roundworms affect humans
  - are also parasites
  - bear live young, and yet most release their eggs into various habitats
* Some roundworms cause blindness
  - brain diseases
  - diarrhea
* Some roundworms cause fatal brain diseases
* Some roundworms have brains
  - guts
  - hearts
  - primitive brains
* also live as parasites in animals, including people.
* are a member of the nemathelminths phylum or group of animals
  - zoonotic disease, meaning they can be transmitted from animals to people
  - adapted to infesting dogs and cats primarily, but they can also infest humans
  - among the world's leading disease-causing organisms
  - common in most tropical areas
  - fairly large worms that can grow to be four or five inches long
  - found in every single type of environment on Earth
  - in the phylum
  - long, white and described as looking like spaghetti
  - most common in children
  - nonsegmented worms that include many common parasites
* are one of the most common intestinal parasites of the cat
  - simplest animal groups that have a complete digestive system
  - parasitic to both animals and plants
  - round because they have psuedocoelom
  - round, pointy at the ends, and slightly pinkish in color
* are small, often white in colour, and look like threads
  - slender, unsegmented worms which are tapered at both ends
  - surrounded by a strong, flexible noncellular layer called a cuticle
  - the intestinal parasite that look like spaghetti
* are the most common of the parasitic worms found inside a dog
  - parasites in cats
  - type of worm infection
  - commonly seen intestinal parasite
  - simplest animals to have a complete digestive system
* attach to the intestinal surface and suck blood or serum from the animal.
* called nematodes are the most common parasite found in marine fishes.
* can be a health risk for humans.
* can cause the stomach to feel swollen and hard
  - vomiting in cats
  - generate weight loss or impactions and can cause an inflammation of the bowel
  - infest adult dogs and cats, too
  - pose a serious threat to a child's vision
  - remain infective in the soil for a prolonged period
  - reside in the intestinal tract of cats, other domestic animals, and wildlife
* cause fever, cough and intestinal problems
* come in segmented and unsegmented, parasitic and nonparasitic varieties.
* describes a whole bunch of different worm parasites.
* have a body cavity filled with fluid that houses the organs
  - that houses the organs and serves as a circulatory system
* have a complete digestive tract that includes a mouth and anus
  - with a mouth and anus
  - digestive system similar to a tube with apertures on both ends
  - pseudocoel, which fluid filled body cavity
  - sudocoelem which suspends their digestive tracts in fluid
  - an odd life cycle
  - no blood or heart
  - remarkable powers of reproduction and are extremely numerous
* is mycosis
* live in salt water, fresh water and the soil.
* live in the canine intestine
  - dogs intestines and live by sucking blood
  - gut and take food from the pig
* look alike earthworms , but they are completely different.
* reappear after treatment.
* rely on movement to stay in the intestinal tract.
* represent a significant public health concern, especially for children.
* resides in the small intestine of dogs.
* show anterior cephalization, a major evolutionary advance.