Ch 18: Arthropoda Intro Flashcards
5 subgroups/phyla
- crustaceans
- trilobites
- chelicerata
- myriapods
- hexapods
6 body features
- segmented body, some fused
- hardened chitinous exoskeleton
- jointed appendages, specialized
- well-cephalized w/ well-developed sensory organs
- no motile cilia on cells
- striated muscles
3 functs of exoskeleton
- defense
- muscle attachment
- water-proofing
7 funct of appendages
- walking/jumping
- swimming
- prey capture and defense
- feeding
- olfaction
- tactile
- copulation
muscles (2)
- highly innervated for fast response
- a single neuron may innervate many fibers
4 reasons for arthropod success
- adaptability of body plan
- small size
- rapid generation time
- innovations like flight and silk
adaptability of body plan
- body regions and appendages can be specialized
- waterproof ability
small size adv (2)
- many open niches
- don’t need many resources to survive
rapid generation time allows (2)
- rapid exploitation of new habitats
- evolution can occur quickly
4 benefits to flight
- more food sources
- better access to mates
- more efficient dispersal
- escape predators
5 features of the exoskeleton/cuticle
- non-living
- makes up most external structures
- carries internal ridges for muscle attachment
- a series of plates connected by areas of thin cuticle and a rubbery protein called resilin
- layered
3 layers of the exoskeleton
- outermost
- thin
- waxy
endo and exocuticle contain (3)
- chitin
- proteins
- CaCO3 in crustaceans
sclerotized
darker, harder, more chitin and sclerotin
molting allows for (3)
- growth
- repair
- metamorphosis
which cuticle get recycled during metamorphosis?
endocuticle
which cells create new layers
epithelial
ecdysis
old epi and exocuticle break along ecdysal lines and shed
ecdysal lines
non-sclerotized weak points
exuvia
old epi and exocuticle
how does ecdysis begin
expanding body via air, w, w/ specialized muscles
what must the outer layer do after molting
sclerotize
what is molting controlled by
hormones