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1
Q

light is perceived through __ of sense organs

A

a number

2
Q

_____ are the most important consist of a group units called ___

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compound eyes

-ommatidia

3
Q

in ommatidium a lens..

A
  • a lens focusses light onto the photoreceptor element and then the nerve goes directly into the brain
  • enables insects to see UV and the plant of polarised light
4
Q

compound eyes appeareance

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  • pair bulge on each side of the head
  • can be v reduced example flea
  • reduced with individual facets
  • or v large (dragonfly)
5
Q

Ommatidium structure:

A

TOP
-cuticular lens

  • primary pigment centre: crystalline cone
  • secondary pigment centre: Retinula cell and rhabdome
6
Q

ommatidium modifications

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  • eucone eye
  • acone eye
  • exocone eye
7
Q

Variation in Eucone eyes

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  • aposition
  • -just day
  • superposition
  • -diurnal,active dawn &dusk as well as day
8
Q

cuticular lens is

A

sclerotised

9
Q

light collecting unit

A

rhabdome

10
Q

retinula cell is

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transparent

11
Q

rhabdome consists of a series of stacked

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microtubules

12
Q

acone eyes are only found in

A

apterygotes

13
Q

exocone eye

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  • massive lens

- nocturnal

14
Q

insect eyes have no ___ nerve

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optic nerve, the eye goes straight into the optic lobe

15
Q

insects eye form a __ image

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mosaic

-capable of v high resolution or v. good movement perception

16
Q

insect eye can resolve objects with an angular separation of

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1 degree

17
Q

insect visual pigment is

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retinin

18
Q

superposition eye is very __ sensitive

A

light, become dark-adapted

19
Q

insects have 2 sensitivity peaks

A

one in UV one in blue green

20
Q

Ocelli function

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  • inverted triangle on top of head
  • a single lens but 2 or more rhabdomes
  • v sensitive to diurnal change sin light levels
  • control circadian rhythms & adjust pigment cell movement in superposition eyes
21
Q

stemmata:

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  • restricted to certain larval holomebolous
  • laterally on head
  • visual acuity is v low
  • coarse mosaic image - detects dark shapes and movement
22
Q

mechanoreception

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any mechanical distortion of the body

  • touch, vibration, strain & stress
  • huge range of sensitivity
23
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mechanoreception: trichoid sensilla

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  • hairlike
  • in procuticle
  • held in place by resilin loop
  • tubular structure in cuticle is SCOLOPALE with nerve ending in it
24
Q

campaniform sensilla

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detects distortion in cuticle (stress/strain)

  • smaller hole in cuticle more pressure needed to distort, big hole = easier
  • or by shape (oval)
25
Q

chemoreception

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  • trichoid sensilla as well
  • smooth & groove
  • groove = chemo ones
  • abundant on antennae, mouthparts & legs
  • nerve endings are exposed through holes in cuticle
26
Q

2 types of chemoreception

A
  • gas phase - olfaction

- liquid phase - contact chemoreception

27
Q

thermal & hygro reception

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  • water balance & temp important for insects
  • v little about these receptors, no temp receptors identified
  • identified by ablation experiments