Chap 2 B Flashcards

1
Q

Is the process by which the body changes food and drink into energy

A

Metabolism

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2
Q

Metabolism is differentiated in 2 process

A

Catabolism
Anabolism

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3
Q

– involves the enzymatic degradation of large nutrient
molecules from an organisms reserves or from the environment

A

Catabolism

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4
Q

is the enzymatic synthesis of larger cell components from
smaller precursors.

A

Anabolism

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5
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Sources of enzyme

A

Salivary glands
Digestive enzymes of the midgut
Microorganisms

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6
Q

an enzyme that can hydrolyze cellulose & free glucose from cellulose.

A

Cellulase

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7
Q

– is the exchange of food between the colony members in social insects)

A

Trophallaxis

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8
Q

Beeswax which is not digested by most animals, is the
food of the wax moth larva___

A

Galleria melonella

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9
Q

The primary excretory organ of the insect but operate in a different manner

A

Malpighian tubule

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10
Q

waste materials may be retained in the body in a harmless form
instead of being excreted as urin

A

Storage secretion

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11
Q

cells that absorb or engulf foreign substances from
hemolymph

A

Nephrocytes

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12
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in the absence of malpighian tubules, these tubular glands have enzymes to digest wastes and returned the blood for anabolism

A

Labial kidney

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13
Q

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.

A

Vasa varicose 1669

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14
Q

Is the main protein wool, hair and feathers
- made of polypeptide chains

A

Keratin

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