A combination of factors is likely causing the decline of blue spruce trees throughout Michigan. Posted on March 7, 2011 by Dennis Fulbright, Michigan State University Extension, Department of Plant Pathology, and Jill OâDonnell, Michigan State University Extension.
Flatworms lack a respiratory or circulatory system; these functions take place by absorption through the body wall. Nonparasitic forms have a simple, incomplete gut; even this is lacking in many parasitic species. Movement in some flatworms is controlled by longitudinal, circular, and oblique layers of muscle.
Â· just now. Asker's rating. Report Abuse. Earthworms have a closed circulatory system. They have two main blood vessels that extend through the length of their body: a ventral blood vessel which leads the blood to the posterior end, and a dorsal blood vessel which leads to the other end. just now. Report Abuse. Earthworms have a closed circulatory system. They have two main blood vessels that extend through the length of their body: a ventral blood vessel which leads the blood to the posterior end, and a dorsal blood vessel which leads to the other end.