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Integument
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Cuticle serves as an exoskeleton
--> outer epicuticle and inner procuticle (exocuticle + endocuticle) Cuticle lies above epidermis and epidermis rests on a nonliving basement membrane |
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Epicuticle
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Outer shellac layer
Resists abrasions Wax layer: water-proofing |
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Exocuticle
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Chitin and sclerotized proteins [provide hardness]
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Endocuticle
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Chitin and unsclerotized proteins
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Muscular System
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Arranged into bundles of striated muscles attached to exoskeleton
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Digestive System
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Preoral Chamber [mouth, salivary glands]
Pharynx [muscular for pumping] Crop [food storage] & Proventriculus [grinding gizzard] Mesenteron [midgut] with gastric caecae Intestine Rectum [rectal pads--absorption of water] Anus |
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Excretion
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Coxal Glands [Arachnids] -- coxae on legs
Antennal Glands |
