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Arthropods
Test#1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| General characteristics of arthropods | -Kingdom Animalia |
| Parasitic Arthropods | Examples: lice, scabies, fleas |
| Arthropod Vector | Examples: fleas→ vector plague, endemic murine typhus |
| Venomous Arthropod | Examples: bees, wasps, scorpions, black widow spiders |
| General Characteristics of Arthropods | -“jointed foot”=insects, spider, ticks, etc. |
| General Characteristics of Arthropods | -jointed appendages; exoskeleton of chitin |
| General Characteristics of Arthropods | -important as parasites, vectors, & because of immune responses to some of their venomous bites or stings |
| Arthropod Vector | Examples: ticks→ vector Lyme Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever |
| Arthropod Vector | Examples: mosquitoes→ vector malaria, yellow fever |