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Details Title: Insect stuff Description: flashcard on vocab. Total Flash Cards: 13 Created: 03/22/2004 19:07:44	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term Exoskeleton Definition External skeleton made of protein and a special substance called chitin. Term Compound Eye Definition Made of many identical light-sensitice cells. Term Antennae Definition Fellers that respond to touch, taste, and smell. Term Mandibles Definition Jaws Term Cephalotrax Definition Both a head and a thorax and usually 4 pairs of walking legs. Term Chelicerae Definition Mouthparts Term Open Circulatory System Definition Simple heart pumps blood through blood vessels that empty into spaces in the animal's body called sinuses. Term Close Circulatory System Definition Heart circulates blook through a network of blood vessels that form a closed loop. Term Metamorphosis Definition Change of form. Term Endoskeleton Definition Internal skeleton Term Nerve Ring Definition Circle of nerve fibers around the mouth. Term Radial Nerve Definition Runs from nerve ring to tip of each arm and control the movements of the sea star's arms. Term Water Vascular System Definition Uses water pumps to help animal move, eat, breathe, and sense its environment.