Arthropods

Question 1

Causes scabies

Answer 1

Sarcoptes scabiei

Question 2

The leading edge of insect wings

Answer 2

Costa

Question 3

This type, as exemplified by houseflies is adapted for sucking up liquid or readily soluble foods

Answer 3

Sponging mouthparts

Question 4

external openings of the respiratory system

Answer 4

spiracles

Question 5

also known as crab lice which infest on coarse hair in the pubic area

Answer 5

Pubic Lice (Phthirus pubis)

Question 6

Head lice eggs

Answer 6

Nits

Question 7

Arthropods that are aquatic in nature

Answer 7

Class Crustacea

Question 8

Arthropods that are both aquatic and terrestrial in nature

Answer 8

Class Arachnida

Question 9

excretory organ of insects

Answer 9

Malphigian tubules

Question 10

These are membranous extensions of the body wall and consists of an upper and lower layer.

Answer 10

Wings

Question 11

This is released by the head lice eggs

Answer 11

Nymph

Question 12

This is the most important vector of malaria in the Philippines

Answer 12

Anopheles flavirostris

Question 13

colorless insect blood

Answer 13

hemolymph

Question 14

Adult lice can live up to how many days on a person’s head?

Answer 14

30 days

Question 15

There are two types of eyes occur in insects namely: single and compound. Which of this are usually very large, round, or kidney shaped?

Answer 15

Compound

Question 16

consists of insects described as “cone-nosed” because they have narrow, pointed, cone-shaped heads

Answer 16

Order Hemiptera

Question 17

A kind of vector that undergoes multiplication, propagation, and development inside the arthropod’s body

Answer 17

Biological vector

Question 18

In this type of metamorphosis, the young resembles that adults except for the smaller size and sexual immaturity

Answer 18

Gradual/Incomplete

Question 19

number of legs of Arachnidas

Answer 19

4 pairs

Question 20

number of antennae of Crustaceans

Answer 20

2 pairs

Question 21

Head louse:
Body Louse:

Answer 21

Head louse: P.h. capitis
Body Louse: P.h humanus

Question 22

Part of the insect which bears the eyes, antennae, and the mouthparts

Answer 22

Head

Question 23

refers to the change in structure of an arthropod that occurs during the period of development

Answer 23

Metamorphosis

Question 24

posterior part of the esophagus that serves as an area for temporary storage of food

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crop

Question 25

Mandibles and maxillae are of chewing type and are used for grasping prey or molding wax

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Chewing-lapping mouthparts

Question 26

Human body louse

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Pediculus humanus

Question 27

One of the special mechanisms of arthropods which is primarily a nitrogenous polysaccharide that makes the integument impervious to water

Answer 27

Chitinized exoskeleton

Question 28

Human flea

Answer 28

Pulex irritans

Question 29

This is the second main body region of insects which is connected to the head by the neck or cervix

Answer 29

Thorax

Question 30

Number of molts until nymphs mature

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Nymphs mature after three molts

Question 31

a small valve-like openings where hemolymph flows

Answer 31

ostia

Question 32

Membranous-winged arthropods

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Order Hymenoptera

Question 33

Treatment for head lice

Answer 33

Benzene hexachloride

Question 34

Class of centipedes

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Class Chilopodia

Question 35

The entire structure of this mouthpart type is called the proboscis

Answer 35

Piercing-sucking mouthparts

Question 36

Diagnosis of this parasite is made by the characteristic rash and by smearing black ink on the skin

Answer 36

Scabies mites

Question 37

The vectors of Bancroftian filiariasis in the Ph

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Aedes poecilus

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Three major regions of the body an insect

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head, thorax, abdomen

Question 39

The outer surface of the compound eye is composed of these small six-sided lenses called

Answer 39

facets (Active flying insects have many facets while walking types have fewer)

Question 40

What class do crabs, crayfish, and copepods belonged?

Answer 40

Class Crustacea

Question 41

Primarily known as the "tiger mosquito" which is the vector of dengue in Ph

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Aedes aegypti

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entire body cavity

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hemocoel

Question 43

Known as jigger, chigger, or sand flea

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Tunga penetrans

Question 44

A type of insect mouthparts which use their mouthparts to grind solid food. Examples are cockroaches and silverfish

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Chewing mountains

Question 45

These mosquitoes are exophagic and exophilic wherein the peak of biting is observed at 1:00 am to 2:00 am

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Mansonia

Question 46

fingerlike processes in the insect abdomen which are more conspicuous in females

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cerci

Question 47

In this type of metamorphosis, there is a great difference between the immature stages and adults

Answer 47

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