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Glencoe Biology

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Phylum Arthropoda   “jointed legs"  
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Jointed Appendages   Any structure (leg/antenna) that grows out of animal body; Advantages: allow flexibility and variety of functions/movements  
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Exoskeleton Advantages   Hard thick outer covering made of protein & chitin; protects and support internal organs  
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Exoskeleton DisAdvantages   Relatively heavy=small size; to grow arthropod must molt  
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Molt   Shed and replace exoskeleton  
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Phylum Arthropoda Characteristics   Jointed Appendages; Exoskeleton; Divided bodies (2-3); Efficient gas exchange; Acute senses; Complex Body Systems  
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3 body regions   head; thorax; abdomen  
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Cephalothorax   head fused with thorax so 2 body sections  
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Gills   feathery structures used by aquatic arthropods; in crustaceans  
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Tracheal Tubes   branging networks of hollow tubes carrying air thru body; most insects  
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Book Lungs   air filled chambers; found in spiders  
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Antennae   stalk-like structures that detect changes in environment, movements, sounds  
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Simple Eyes   made of 1 lens to detect light  
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Compound Eyes   multiple lens that detect movement and color  
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Nervous System   ventral nerve cord, antieror brain and ganglia  
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Malpighiam tubules   excretory organs that collect waste in abdomam and empty into intestine  
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Class Arachnida   Examples: spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks  
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Spider Characteristics   2 bodyregions; 4 pairs of walking legs; chelicerae; spinnerets  
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Chelicerae   modified pincers/fangs for holding food or injecting venom  
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Spinnerets   spin silk made by silk glands into webs  
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Class Crustacea   crabs, lobsters, shrimp, crayfish, barnacles, sow bugs  
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Crustacea - Characteristics   2 pairs of antenne; mandibles for crushing food  
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Class Chilopida   Centipedes  
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Chilopida - Characteristics   1 pair of legs per body section; carnivours; flat  
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Class Diplopoda   Millipedes  
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Diplopoda - Characteristics   2 pairs of legs per body section; scavengers; round  
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Class Merostomata   Horseshoe crabs  
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Merostomata - Characteristics   living fossils - unchanged for 500 mil. years  
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Class Insecta   Largest/most diverse; flies, grasshoppers, butterflies  
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Metamophosis   change in body shape and form in development  
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Complete Metamophosis   4 stages (egg, larva, pupa, adult) EX: buterfly fly ants beetles  
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Larva   wormlike stage; eats-grows-molts  
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Pupa   resting stage (cocoon)  
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InComplete Metamophosis   3 stages (egg, nyph, adult) EX: grasshoppers & cockroaches  
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nyph   miniature adult but lacks wings and mature sex organs  
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Phylum Echinodermata   spiny skined  
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Phylum Echinodermata - Characteristics   Endoskeleton; Adults = radial symmetry; Larve = bilartrial symmetry; Water cascular system  
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Endoskeleton   hard bumby inner skeleton covered by thin epidermis; pedicellariae  
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pedicellariae   pincerlike appendages on spines of sea stars & sea urchins; protect and clean  
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Water Vascular System   enables echinoderms to move exchange gases capture food and excrete wastes; hydraulic system that operates under H2O pressure  
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Sea Stars   usally 5 rays; if rays are lost - replaced by regeneration  
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Brittle Stars   fragile skinny rays  
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