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Abdomen

Biology; Zoology

Region of the body furthest from the mouth. In insects, the third body region behind the head and thorax.

Blood

Biology; Zoology

Fluid which circulates throughout the body of an animal, distributing nutrients, and often oxygen as well.

Arthropod appendages that are biramous have two branches, an outer branch and an inner branch. These branches may have separate functions; in crustaceans, for instance, the inner branch of a leg is ...

Anapsid

Biology; Zoology

A vertebrate distinguished by a skull with no openings in the side behind the eyes, e.g. turtles.

Anus

Biology; Zoology

End of the digestive tract, or gut, through which waste products of digestion are excreted, as distinct from the mouth.

the epidermis

Biology; Zoology

The outermost layer of cells or skin. This model often contains special cells for Defense, gas exchange or weather.

Roundworm

Biology; Zoology

Any of several worms of the phylum Nematoda, having unsegmented, cylindrical bodies, often narrowing at each end, and including parasitic forms such as the hookworm and pinworm