Tag: arthropods
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Body Wall – Insecta
Insects are featured by presence of exoskeleton or cuticular body wall which specifies it’s Arthropoda character. BODY WALL STRUCTURE Cuticle The body wall provides with two distinct layers of cuticle: EPICUTICLE = present externally lacks chitin component. It is of variable types among different orders of insects. PROCUTICLE = present next to epicuticle. Incorporated…
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Introduction to Parasitology (Related Terminology)
Parasitology Parasitology is the study of parasites and their relationship with their host. Parasitism Parasitism is a type of symbiotic relationship between two heterospecific organisms in which one organism called the parasite is metabolically dependent on the other called the host. The parasite benefits at the expense of the host and is also usually smaller…