Chapter 28 Flashcards
(18 cards)
Book lung
Gas exchange system in anthropods
Pheromone
Chemical signals given by animals
Tracheal tube
Hollow passages in body transport air
Mandible
Mouthparts adapted for holding food
Spiracle
Opening on thorax and Abodomen which air enters
Molting
Periodic shedding of exoskeleton
Cephalothorax
Structure formed by fusion of head and thorax
Appendage
Structure like a arm, leg, antanae
Parthenogenesis
Type of asexual reproduction
Simple eye
Visual structure one lens to detected light
Compound eye
Visual system composed of multiple lenses
Chelicerae
First pair of Arachnids six pair of appendages located near mouth
Larva
In insects, the free living, wormlike stage of metamorphosis
Metamorphosis
In insects, series of chemically controlled changes in body from juvenile to adult
Nymph
Incomplete metamorphosis where insect hatching egg has same general appearance as adult but smaller and sexually immature
Pedipalp
Second pair of Arachnids six pair of appendages adapted for handling food
Pupa
Stage of metamorphosis where tissues and organs are broken down and wrapped by adult tissues
Spinneret
Silk producing glands located rear of spider