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Mod. 12: Class Crust
Vocabulary for Apalogia
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Carapace | A plate that covers the cephalothorax |
| Walking legs | Locomotion |
| Swimmerets | Add in swimming and reproduction |
| Uropod and Telson | Swimming |
| Antennules | Aid in balance, and provide taste and touch |
| Antennae | provide senses |
| organs of the Respiratory system | Gills, Gill chamber, maxillae |
| Gills | absorb oxygen from the water |
| Gill chamber | stores oxygen |
| Maxillae | aid in water flow and handle food |
| Organs of the open circulatory system | Heart, Pericardial sinus, Sternal sinus, green gland |
| Heart | an organ that rests on the pericardial sinus |
| Pericardial sinus | an organ that collects blood |
| Sternal sinus | an organ that contains blood and waits for the blood to be collected by the vessels |
| Green gland | an organ that cleans the blood of impurities. |
| Organs of the digestive system | mandibles, esophagus, stomach, digestive glands, intestine |
| mandibles | organs that break food into small chunks |
| Digestive glands | organs that take in digested food from the stomach and complete the digestion process by secreting enzymes |
| Intestine | An organ that collects food that are too large and breaks them down using enzymes |