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10/29/2009

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Which embryonic layer gives rise to the nervous system?
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ectoderm
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neuroblasts
Definition
pre-neuron cells
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ganglion
Definition
mass of nerve cells
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supresophogeal ganglion form from what of ganglia?
Definition
the first three
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ventral nerve cord formed from what?
Definition
7th and further ganglia
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ganglia fusion of specialized insects
Definition
full fusion
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supraesophogeal ganglion, made of and fxn
Definition
protocerebrum, deuterocerebrum, and tritocerebrum; recieves input from eyes, antenna and labrum nerve
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protocerebrum fxn
Definition
recieves & processes nerve signals from eyes
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deuterocerebrum
Definition
receves & processes nerve signals from antenna, controls antenna
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tritocerebrum
Definition
receves & processes nerve signals from labral nerve and subesophogeal ganglion
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subesophogeal galgia
Definition
coordinates and controls the maxilla, mandibles, and labrum, also assists in controlling digestive, circulatory, and endocrine systems
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corporal allata
Definition
secretes JH
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axon
Definition
transmits information to another neuron or affector organ
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synapse
Definition
area of release of chemicals; where neurons interact
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dendrite
Definition
recieves signals
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ocelli & stomata
Definition
two simple eye types
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where are color pigments located in eye
Definition
surrounding the outer rim of the rhabdom cluster
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diff btween stemmata and ocell
Definition
stemmata only have one rhabdom
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ommatidium
Definition
each facet of a compound eye: has it's own lens (w/ cone, rhabdom, & pigment cells)
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corneal lens and crystalline cone
Definition
focus light onto the rhabdom
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sensilium
Definition
hairlike projection w/ pores where molecules attach to receptor molecs inside- type of chemoreceptor
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trichoid sensilium
Definition
hairlike setae w/a single dendrite, used for proprioception
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five ways insects get together to mate
Definition
1. looking good 2. smelling good 3. sounding sweet 4. lamp light 5. buying love
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what do crickets rub together to make sound
Definition
forewings
Term
three ways insects camo themselves
Definition
resembling background, disruptive pattern, disruptive, bizzare shape
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haustellate mouthparts
Definition
sucking
Term
stylets are on what kind of mouthparts
Definition
haustellate
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stylets on what three orders?
Definition
Hemiptera, Diptera, and Siphonaptera
Term
what kind of mouthpart is butterfly
Definition
proboscis, haustellate
Term
parts of insects' head
Definition
vertex, gena, frons, clypes, labrum, maxillae, mandibles, palps, labium
Term
vertex
Definition
top of head, above antenna
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frons
Definition
face, between eyes
Term
clypeus
Definition
top of mouth
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labrum
Definition
upper lip
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labium
Definition
lower lip
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mandibles
Definition
jaws
Term
maxillae
Definition
cut food and manipulate it
Term
parts of antenna
Definition
scape-pedicel-flagellum
Term
types of antennae
Definition
setaceous, clavatefiliform, aristate
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setaceous
Definition
type of antennae, on odonata
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clavate
Definition
type of antenna, coleoptera
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filiform
Definition
type of antenna, lepidoptera
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artistate
Definition
type of antenna, diptera
Term
halteres
Definition
reduced hind winds in diptera
Term
elytra
Definition
hardened, heavily sclerotized forewings of beetles
Term
hemelytra
Definition
variation of elytra, 2/3 hardened, on hemiptera
Term
butterflies, paleopterous or neopterous?
Definition
neopterous
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segments of leg
Definition
coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia, tarsals
Term
types of legs
Definition
cursorial, raptorial, fossorial, saltatorial, natatorial
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cursorial
Definition
walking/running legs
Term
raptorial
Definition
grasping legs
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fossorial
Definition
digging legs
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saltatorial
Definition
jumping legs
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natatrial
Definition
swimming legs
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tergum
Definition
dorsal abdominal segment
Term
sternum
Definition
ventral abdominal segment
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cerci
Definition
paired appendages on the 8th or 9th abdominal segment
Term
prothorax
Definition
its dorsal sclerite is highly modified in Hemiptera, Blattaria, and Coleoptera
Term
name all of the orders
Definition
Neuroptera, Diptera, Hemiptera, Odonata, Phasmida, Mantidae, Protura, Collembola, Thysanura, Diplura, Ephemeroptera, Plecoptera, Grylloblattodea, Orthoptera, Blattodea, Mantodea, Isoptera, Zoraptera, Psocoptera, Mallophaga, Siphunculata, Thysanoptera, Coleoptera, Strepsiptera, Lepidoptera, Trichoptera, Hymenoptera
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stages of decay postmortem
Definition
initial->putrefaction->black putrefaction->butyrification->dry decay
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initial decay
Definition
Calliphorids (Diptera) only daytime lay eggs in orifices (natural, mechanical); internal decay due to cellular death & microbial and nematode activity
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putrefaction
Definition
Sarcophagids (Diptera), Staphylinids & Silphids (Coleoptera)- all predaceous, not saprobes, larviparous
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Black Putrefaction
Definition
strong decay odor, necrphagous: Phorids, Muscids, Sepsids (Diptera) Histerids (Coleoptera)
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Butyrification
Definition
drying out- fungi dominant, insect activity declines
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Dry Decay
Definition
bones, Dermestids (Coleoptera), Tineids (Lepidoptera), Periplaneta (Blattaria), Acari
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