BIOL232Z: practical exam revision Flashcards
madagascan cockroach classification
-Phylum: Arthropoda
-Class: insecta
-Order: blatteria
-Family: blaberidae
madagascan hissing cockroach species name
Gromphadorhina portentosa
cockroach head
just top section (plate) contains antenna and eyes
cockroach thorax
second two plates, legs attached
cockroach abdomen
remaining plates
cockroach cerci
paired sensory organs at tip of abdomen
cockroach legs
contain coxa (upper part that attaches to the thorax), trochanter (first joint, joins femur to coxa), tibia and tarsus
cockroach sex
-male: 3 distinctive abdomen segments at tip of ventral side, distinctive horns on head
-females: single plate
cockroach head anatomy
-eyes on top of head, antenna just below
-labial palps (short jointed appendages projecting from head)
-maxilary palps (larger pair of appendages)
cockroach crop
large air like structure at top of digestive tract
cockroach oesophagus
just above crop
cockroach digestive parts
midgut, ventrilicus, ileum, colon all situated below the crop (in that order)
cockroach gastric caeca
where crop joins the midgut, series of finger-like projections that secrete enzymes for digestion
cockroach Malpighian tubes
where the ileum joins the colon, thread like organs that are used in nitrogen exchange
cockroach accessory gland
finger like projection near end of the digestive tract
cockroach nerve cord
runs ventrally internally
garden snail classification
-Phylum: mollusca
-Class: Gastropoda
-Order: Stylommatophora
-Family: Helicidae
Garden snail species name
Cornu ospersum
snail dextral operculum
opening of the snail is on the right
snail sinistral operculum
opening of the snail is on the left
snail sexual maturity
lip curving away from the main axis indicates sexual maturity
snail foot
muscular outside portion of the snail
snail head
portion just behind the foot, contains the genital pore, ocular tentacles, eye and oral tentacle
snail lung
found above the head, behind the mantle
snail mantle skirt
thick line-like structure (or flap) just behind the head
snail hermaphrodite duct
pale, wiggly line towards the back of the snail leading to the oveotestis
snail dart sac
located on anterior of the snail, hard white sac that ejects the dart to attach to the mate during reproduction
snail penis, spermoviduct and abulem gland
follow the dart sac to find these structures, back near the coiled potion of the body
snail hermaphrodite gland/oveotestes
within tightly coiled section, follow the hermaphrodite duct
Red gurnard classification
-Phylum: Chordata
-Class: Actinopterygii
-Order: Scorpaeniformes
-Family: Triglidae
red gernard species name
chelidonichthys cuculus
trout body shape
fusiform
trout caudal peduncle
restricted region in front of tail
trout scale type
cycloid
trout preopercular region
posterior to the eye, bones that support the jaw
trout opercular region
posterior to the eye, consists of nones that cover the gills
trout operculum
the bones covering the gills
trout mouth
terminal position
trout maxilla
anterior end of upper jaw
trout teeth
only on maxilla (or roof of mouth)
trout mandible
lower jaw, no teeth
trout nares
nostrils, anterior to each eye on either side of the head
trout lateral line
on trunk and caudal peduncle, provides information from the water