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Entomology 2573
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Agriculture
Undergraduate 2
09/06/2011
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Exoskeleton
 Definition
A support structure on the outside of the body
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Chitin
 Definition
A nitrogenous polysaccharide formed primarily of N-acetyle glucosamine, occuring in the cuticle of arthropods.
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Open Circulatory System
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Hemolymph
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Blood of Arthropods
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Dorsal Aorta
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Upper tube forming the primary portion of the insect circulatory system
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Ostia
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A slit like opening in an insect heart
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Aliform muscles
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ventral diaphragm
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Accessory Pulsatile organs
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Incurrent Ostia
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Cuticle
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Non cellular outer layer of body wall of an arthropod
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Tracheal System
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Trachea
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Respiratory tube ending externally at the spiracles and terminating internally in the tracheoles
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Air sacs
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Tracheoles
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Fine terminal branch of the respiratory system
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Spiracles
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Doorways to Trachea
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Epicuticle
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Epidermis
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Procuticle
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Resilin
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Tanning
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Setea
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Wing beat pattern
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Figure eight
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Stepping pattern
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Dendrite
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Axon
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Nerve cord
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Nerve Cell Types
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Afferent, Efferent, Internuncial
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Synapse
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gap between nerve cells
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Neurotransmitters
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acetylcholine, seretonin
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Presynaptic Region
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Ventral nerve cord
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Ganglia
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Cluster of nerve cells
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Thoracic Ganglia
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Abdominal Ganglia
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Sensory Cells
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Optical, compound eyes, ocelli & stemmata(lateral ocelli)
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Mechanoceptors
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Chemoreceptors
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Temperature sensors
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Humidity sensors
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Ocelli
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simple eyes, light sensitive, outlines & motion
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Compound Eyes
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Multifaceted, can't focus,provides a mosaic veiw
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Bee Dance
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Closed Circulatory System
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