Introduction to the Course and Introduction to the Novel Dr. Sarwet Rasul.
Introduction To The Anthropods
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Introduction to the Anthropods
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Exoskeleton
• External skeleton; tough external covering that protects and supports the body of many invertebrates.
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Chitin
• Complex carbohydrate that makes up walls of fungi; also found in the external skeletons of arthropods.
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Appendage
• Structure, such as a leg or antenna, that extends from the body wall.
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Tracheal Tube
• One of many branching, air-filled tubes that extend throughout the bodies of many terrestrial arthropods.
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Spiracle
• Small opening located along the side of the body through which air enters and leaves the body of many terrestrial arthropods.
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Book Lung
• Organ that has layers of respiratory tissue that is used by some terrestrial arthropods for the exchange of gases.
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Malpighian Tubule
• Saclike organ in most terrestrial arthropods that extracts wastes from the blood, adding them to feces that move through the gut.
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Molting
• Process in which an arthropod sheds its exoskeleton and manufactures a larger one to take its place.