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51 Cards in this Set
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Honeybee's stomach |
Midgut |
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The ability of an animal to avoid observation or detection by other animals through camouflage in its shape or coloration |
Crypsis |
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Specialized eyes of a bee |
Compound |
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The muscular tube through which the flatworm can suck food into its gut |
Pharynx |
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Flatworm structures used for excretion and osmoregulation |
Protonephridia |
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Intermediate host of a blood fluke |
Snail |
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Means "hundred feet" |
Centipede |
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Centipedes class |
Chilopoda |
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Usually have about 30 pairs of legs with some species up to 175 pairs of legs |
Centipedes |
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Term for an organism which is mature and pregnant or full of eggs |
Gravid |
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Intermediate host of canine heartworms |
Mosquitoes |
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Most dangerous spider in the U.S. |
Black widow and brown recluse |
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Insects which carry the plague |
Fleas |
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Brown spider which bears a violin-shaped dorsal stripe on their cephalothorax |
Recluse |
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The main part of the body of a tapeworm made up of smaller repeated units |
Strobila |
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The most common parasitic worm infection in people worldwide; also known as "wandering worms" |
Ascaris |
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Individual segment of a tapeworm body; contains muscles, nerves, and sexual organs neccessary to survive and reproduce |
Proglottid |
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Having a head area |
Cephalization |
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The jaw of an arthropod |
Mandible |
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Parasite known to cause Schistosomiasis |
Blood fluke |
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The projections on a planarian which give the anterior end its triangular shape |
Auricles |
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Anterior structure on a tapeworm; used for attachment |
Scolex |
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External circular rings marking each body segment of a segmented worm |
Annuli |
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A thick, muscular sac-like organ of the digestive system that grinds food into small pieces |
Gizzard |
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This blood vessel pumps blood anteriorly towards the head of an earthworm |
Dorsal |
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Type of circulatory system found in most Annelids |
Closed |
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The fluid-filled coelom serves as this type of skeleton |
Hydrostatic |
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A stretchy sac-like organ of the digestive system that holds materials temporarily |
Crop |
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Substance secreted by a leech to prevent the host from feeling its presence |
Anaesthetic |
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Body system which uses hormones to regulate reproduction and regeneration |
Endocrine |
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Type of contractions which allow a worm to burrow |
Peristaltic |
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The lobe around the mouth |
Peristomium |
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Earthworm waste products which enrich soil |
Castings |
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Longer, leg-like paired bristles which aid aquatic forms in swimming |
Parapodia |
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These arthropods are the number two disease vector in the world |
Ticks |
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Slow-moving, herbivorous animal that may roll into a coil when disturbed and have two pairs of legs on each trunk segment |
Millipede |
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This arachnid is commonly known as a daddy longlegs |
Harvestman |
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The wingless, worm-like stage of an arthropod during complete metamorphosis |
Larva |
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Extremely venomous spider found in Australia |
Funnelweb |
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Disease carried by Anopheles mosquitoes infecting hundreds of millions of people each year and causing millions of deaths |
Malaria |
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A chronic, disabling disease caused by a bacterium and carried by the deer tick |
Lyme disease |
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Type of venom that acts on the nervous system |
Neurotoxin |
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The study of insects |
Entomology |
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Name of simple eyes in an arthropod |
Ocelli |
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Nicknamed "living fossils" |
Horseshoe crab |
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Crayfish have these large pincers used in defense and capturing food |
Chelipeds |
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Type of flies which carry African sleeping sickness |
Tsete |
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Specialized body regions modified for specific purposes |
Tagmata |
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This crab has the largest leg span of any arthropod |
Japanese spider crab |
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The most life-threatening canine worms |
Heartworms |
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Short stiff needlelike bristles which help anchor body segments during locomotion |
Setae |