Biology (Chapter 14-15) Invertebrates

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Tracheae

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Tiny tubules in insects and some arachnids that carry air for respiration

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Spiracles

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Small pores in and insects body that function in breathing

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Malpighian Tubules

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Numerous threadlike tubules in insects that extract wastes from the blood and empty them into the intestines.

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Tympanum

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A membrane-covered chamber in the first abdominal segment

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Compound Eyes

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Eyes composed of many individual lenses

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Ovipositor

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A pointed extension formed off the last segment of a female's abdomen, used to deposit eggs.

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Incomplete Metamorphosis

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The line of development followed by such land insects: grasshoppers, cicada, and true bugs. (egg, nymph and adult)

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Nymph

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Hatches from egg, looks like a miniture, oddly proportioned adult. No wings and it isn't sexually mature yet.

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Naiad

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The immature stage, of an insect, that lives in water

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Complete Metamorphosis

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The process of development followed by almost 90% of all insects. (egg, larva, pupa and adults)

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Orthoptera

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"Straight Wing", grasshoppers, crickets, etc.

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Coleoptera

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"Sheath Wing", Beetles and Weevils

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Diptera

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"Two Wings", Flies, Mosquitos and Gnats

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Lepidoptera

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"Scale Wing", Butterflies, Moths

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Hymenoptera

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"Membranous Wing", Bees, Ants and Wasps

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Gastric Cece

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Finger-shaped organs attached to an insects stomach that secrete enzymes for digestion of foods.

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Salivary Glands

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Glands that secrete a fluid to moisten food before it gets digested.