Final Lab Practical Flashcards
What is attached to the trachea on a crayfish?
spiracles
Where is the location of the crayfish’s uropods?
Posterior Abdomen
What is the function of antennal glands?
Excretion
What is the sharp defensive structure on the cephalothorax of the crayfish?
rostrum
What is the shape of the Crayfish’s compound lenses?
Circular
What are the featherlike structures located under the cephalothorax of the crayfish?
maxilliped
Where do we get Amoebocyte lysate?
From the horseshoe crab
T/F The crayfish carapace covers the cephalothorax
True
Where do we find the crayfish’s brain?
Below and between the eyes
What are the functions of the spiracles on the grasshopper?
respiration
What is the shape of a grasshoppers compound lenses?
circular
What do you find between a grasshoppers crop and stomach?
gastric ceca
How many palps are on the labrum of a grasshopper?
2
Where do you find a female grasshopper’s terminal segment?
ovipositor
How many legs are found on the 5 segments of the millipede?
20
What is the oldest terrestrial arthropod?
Scorpions
What is the functions of the maxillipeds on a centipede?
poison bite
Which of the following is the primary component of chitin?
sugar
T/F Scorpions locate their prey by feeling vibrations in the sand
True
What are the intermediate hosts of the hosts of the ‘blood fluke’?
Snails
What worm is known to infest the human eye?
Loa Loa Worm
What causes the disease elephantiatis?
Filarial worm
What human structures are targeted by Schistosoma fluke?
intestinal veins
How are the ways sponges produce asexually?
Budding, gemmules


