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1
Q

What are the three forms of excretion?

A

Ammonia (lots of water)
Urea (some water)
Uric acid (excreted dry)

2
Q

What are the three basic conditions of the hindgut?

A

General condition
Liquid feeder
Water stress

3
Q

What structures carry oxygen to the tissues and CO2 away?

A

Trachea

4
Q

How does air enter into the insect?

A

Spiracles

5
Q

What are taenidia?

A

Spirally arranged cuticular thickenings designed to keep trachea open

6
Q

What is the most metabolically active tissue?

A

The house fly brain

7
Q

What are the four patterns of spiracle placement?

A

Holopneustic

Hemipneustic (short bodied, spiracle number reduced)

Metapneustic/oligopneustic: single spiracle at tip of abdomen

Apneustic: no spiracles

8
Q

What are Ostia?

A

Vertical slits in the heart where blood is drawn in under negative pressure

9
Q

Is oxygen carried in the blood?

A

No it’s carried in the trachea