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| CIRCULATION> what is insect blood called? |
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Hemolymph
Blood does not occur in vessels "bathes the internal organs"
OPEN circulatory system
NO function in GAS EXCHANGE! |
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| CIRCULATION> whare are blood cells called? |
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A)Phagocytosis?
B)Encapsulation
C)Coagulation |
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A) Tracks down invading bateria: cells eating cells
B) Smothers and kill, defends insect
C) When hurt, rebuilds exoskeleton
NUTRIENT, HORMONE, WASTE TRANSFER
LUBRICATION:BATHES ORGANS |
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circulation> DORSAL VESSEL?
A) AORTA?
B) OSTIA? |
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open circulatory system
THIS is a leaky open-ended pipe, contractile organ
A)front part of dorsal vessel
B)within the HEART are holes called this... |
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| what is the FAT BODY? FUNCTIONS? STORES what? |
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METABOLLY ACTIVE TISSUE.
-functions as a LIVER; it is NOT FAT!
-storage of glycogen,fat, protein
-metabolize sugar, protein, lipids, blood protein synthesis
-store metabolic wastes
*bioluminescence. |
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| Food needs to be INGESTED, DIGESTED, ABSORBED, EXCRETED |
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| what are the primary structures of the alimentary canal? |
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Hindgut: responsible for excretion
Midgut: resp. for absorption
Foregut: resp. for ingestion |
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PROCESSING + INGESTION
-Mouth
-pharynx acts like a pump
-esophagus: tube that connects pharynx to crop
- crop: storage structures, food can move in and stored
-proventiculus:filter system |
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Digestion + Absorption ( part of ths does NOT have an exoskelt.)
-enzyme secretion
-symbionts
-gastric caeca: site of absorption; absorbs into hemolymph. |
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HINGUT
*what are malpighian tubules used for?* |
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Water balance + Excretion
-malpighian tubules
-colon
-rectum
-anus
a)malpighian tubules
b)maintenance of a constant internal enviroment
c)elimination of metabolic wastes
d)regulation of salts and water
*used to conserve H2O |
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EXCRETION
A)AMMONIA
B)UREA
C)URIC ACID |
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NITROGEN EXCRETION
- main excretory products are nitrogenous waste from protien metabolism
A)very toxic, very soluble in water, aquativ animals, requires lots of water
B)less toxic, water soluble, requires water to eliminate ex. vertebrates
C)low toxicity,insoluble in water, elliminated as a solid and requires NO WATER...ex. most insects, birds, reptiles. |
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| Most insect species are BISEXUAL (males and females are present) |
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PARTHENOGENETICS
A)advantages?
B)disadvantages? |
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Definition
FEMALES ONLY!
A)great reproductive rate potential, no risk of in mating
B)little mixing of genetic material, reduces ability to adapt to a changing environment. |
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| MALE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES? |
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TESTIS - produces sperm
seminal duct
accessory glands very importan; produces materials
AEDEGUS
SPERMATOPHORES |
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| FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE STRUCTURES? |
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Ovaries
Spermathica
Accessory glands: silk, egg stalks; ootheca (eggpods), venom
vagina |
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CHORIAN
YOLK(bitollogenin) :provide food source
Nucleus
Micropyle(hole) |
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EGGLAYING...
*main difference: WHERE the embryo get its nourishment.* |
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| lay normal egg surrounded by chorian |
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| egg has insufficient yold to develop embroy, juveniles are retained within the female, nourished by teh female,and emerge live |
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| egg has sufficeint yold, all nourishment is from the egg, egg retained by female emerge live. |
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| NERVOUS SYSTEM> sensory neuron? consists of what? |
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Basic nerve cell (transfer info from stem cell to other part)
*FUNCTION OF NERVE CELL-carries information transfer from dentrical zone to terminal arborization
consists of SOMA, AXON, DENDRITES, TERMINAL ARBORIZATIONS |
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| NERVOUS SYSTEM> synaptic cleft? |
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Definition
| arborization to dendrite, GAP that is inbetween. |
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SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION
A)ACETYLCHOLINE [ACH]
b)ACETYLCHOLINE ESTERASE [ACHase] |
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A) CHEMICAL MESSENGER
B) RECYCLES ACH; HELPS STOP NERVE IMPULSE FROM CONTINUING TO GO....ex: insecticides |
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| CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM [ladder system] |
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| -blobs of nerves: ganglion ( 3 ganglion in the head when these 3 are merged together, it is called the BRAIN! |
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CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM> the BRAIN
A) PROTOCEREBRUM
B) DEUTOCEREBRUM
C) TRITOCEREBRUM |
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Definition
3-lobed
a) eye (in charge of vision)
b) antennae
c) mouthparts
*visceral nervous system |
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| SENSES> vision, consists of? |
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Compound eye (very sensitive)
- high flicker-fusion rate (detect movement mover quickly)
- color vision into the UV
- ocelli: photodetector ( light or day)
- stemmata: usually on larvae |
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TASTE: HIGH concentration in fluid, mouthparts, tarsi, foregut
ODOR: LOW concetration in gas, antennae; "taste" sexual signals, trial markings, alarm pheromones (serves as warning) |
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ABILITY TO DETECT:Touch, vibration, pressure, sound.
Simple hairs, plates, membranes (hair can be on BOTH inside + outside)
Johnston's organ (ex. mosquitoes)
Chorodotoral organ (serve as ears) |
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| SENSES> A)temperature receptors B)magnetic receptors C)baroreceptors D)humidity receptors |
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A) lots of insects can detect heat ex. some can detect infrared w/antennae
B)Termites ex...
C)cand etect atmospheric pressure |
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