Arthropods Flashcards
Exoskeleton
A body covering, made of chitin and provides support and protection. Limits growth potential.
Molt
Shed an outer covering to be replaced with a new one.
Thorax
The body region between the head and the abdomen.
Abdomen
The body region that comes after the thorax.
Cephalothorax
The body region composed of the head and thorax fused together.
Compound eye
An eye made of many lenses with a very limited scope.
Simple eye
An eye with only one lens.
Open circulatory system
A system that allows the blood to flow out of the blood vessels and into varies cavities so that the cells are in direct contact with the blood.
Name the five common characteristics among arthropods?
Exoskeleton, Body segmentation, Jointed appendages, Ventral nervous system, An open circulatory system.
Statocyst
The organ of balance in a crustacean.
Gonad
General term for the organ that produces gametes.
what five characteristics set arachnids apart from the other arthropods?
Have 2 more legs, cephalothorax, four pairs of simple eyes, no antenna, breath through book lungs.
What are the three basic types of webs a spider spins?
Sheet web, tangle web, and orb web.
Do all spiders use their silk to spin webs?
no
Why are the spiders lungs called book lungs?
There lungs are made up of several thin layers that extract o2 from the air.