Chap 2 B Flashcards
Is the process by which the body changes food and drink into energy
Metabolism
Metabolism is differentiated in 2 process
Catabolism
Anabolism
– involves the enzymatic degradation of large nutrient
molecules from an organisms reserves or from the environment
Catabolism
is the enzymatic synthesis of larger cell components from
smaller precursors.
Anabolism
Sources of enzyme
Salivary glands
Digestive enzymes of the midgut
Microorganisms
an enzyme that can hydrolyze cellulose & free glucose from cellulose.
Cellulase
– is the exchange of food between the colony members in social insects)
Trophallaxis
Beeswax which is not digested by most animals, is the
food of the wax moth larva___
Galleria melonella
The primary excretory organ of the insect but operate in a different manner
Malpighian tubule
waste materials may be retained in the body in a harmless form
instead of being excreted as urin
Storage secretion
cells that absorb or engulf foreign substances from
hemolymph
Nephrocytes
in the absence of malpighian tubules, these tubular glands have enzymes to digest wastes and returned the blood for anabolism
Labial kidney
Their function as excretory organs was not determined until 1815.
Most of what we know about Malpighian tubule function is based on
examinations of three insects: Rhodnius prolixus, Aedes aegypti, and
Drosophila melanogaster.
Vasa varicose 1669
Is the main protein wool, hair and feathers
- made of polypeptide chains
Keratin