A bunch of Crayfish stuff...
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 mouth | opening where food enters (digestive) |
| esophagus | carries food from mouth to stomach (digestive) |
| stomach | has teeth to grind food and food mixes with digestive juices (digestive) |
| digestive gland | absorbs digested food (digestive) |
| intestine | collects undigested material (digestive) |
| anus | releases cellular waste (digestive) |
| green glands | removes cellular waste from blood (excretory) |
| excretory pore | releases cellular waste (excretory) |
| heart | pumps blood |
| arteries | carries blood to all parts of body (circulatory) |
| sternal sinus | collects the blood to take to the gills (circulatory) |
| pericardial sinus | collects the blood around the heart (circulatory) |
| ostia | the openings in the heart where blood enters (circulatory) |
| gills | gas exchange (respiratory) |
| gill bailers | pumps water over the gills (respiratory) |
| gill chambers | hold moisture around the gills (respiratory) |
| brain | control center (nervous) |
| ventral nerve chord | carries impulses (nervous) |
| ganglia | mass of nerve cells (nervous) |
| gonads | produce sperm or egg (reproductive) |
| antennule | hearing and equilibrium (1p) |
| antenna | touch, taste and smell (1p) |
| mandible | crush and chew food (1p) |
| maxillae | hold food to be crushed and chewed (2p) |
| maxillipeds | hold and tear food (3p) |
| chelipeds | food getting and protection (1p) |
| walking legs | locomotion (4p) |
| swimmerets | forward swimming and hold eggs in reproduction (5p) |
| uropod | flippers used in backwards swimming (1p) |
| telson | backward swimming (1) |
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