Ch 24.1 2 and 3 Flashcards
exoskeleton
shell that protects the contents within
Anthropod
an animal with a exoskeleton made of chitin
chitin
a long organic molecule made of sugars
appendges
an extension of an organisms body
segmentation
how a anthropoids body is divided into sections
crustacean
a group of anthropoids that have 2 sections
cephalothorax
where head and thorax meet
abdomen
part of an anthropoids body that is behind the thorax
carapace
a part of the exoskeleton that covers the head and thorax of a crustacean
mandible
appendage that is used to crush foods
chelicerates
anthropoids that lack antennae and have 6 pairs of appendages
book lungs
built of many thin layers of hollow tissue
spiracles
tiny holes in the abdomen that lets oxygen into the body
trachaea
carries oxygen directly to the arachnids tissue