Parts of a Crayfish
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Vas Deferens | sperm duct |
| Swimmerets | small leg-like structures under the tail of the crayfish |
| Digestive Gland | near the stomach, it enters the intestine for further digestion and absorption |
| Abdominal ganglion | Clutch of nerves around the abdominal area. |
| Rostrum | crayfish's helmet |
| Cardiac stomach | the enlarged foregut of some crustaceans, echinoderms, and other animals |
| Ventral nerve cord | Carries message to\/ from body to\/ from ganglia |
| Telson | Center of the tail. |
| Antennule | a small antenna or similar organ |
| Excretory pore | the pore that excrets fluids |
| mouth | opening where food is consumed. |
| ostia | openings in heart |
| antennae | feelers on an arthropod's head that respond to touch, taste, or smell |
| brain | located behind eye |
| Esophagus | "food tube" |
| heart | an area that is approximately central within some larger region |
| intestine | the part of the alimentary canal between the stomach and the anus |
| dorsal abdominal artery | central artery coming from the heart. |
| uropod | the appendage on a crayfish that aids in swimming |
| Green gland | one of a pair of glands (believed to have excretory functions) in some crustaceans near the base of the large antennae |
| anus | opening through which wastes leave the digestive tract |
| 1st pair of swimmerets | determines the sex of the crayfish |
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