HEALTHCARE CONCERN PRESENTATION FINAL
PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
GRADED A+
◉ What is the cuticle made from? Answer: Chitin
◉ Arthrodial membrane Answer: Resilin membrane between
segments
◉ integument Answer: Outer layer of exoskeleton
◉ Sclerotization Answer: Hardening or thickening of cuticle
◉ Ultrastructure Answer: Defensive, sexual display, or mimicry
structures on cuticle
◉ Sternum and tergum Answer: Bottom and top of abdomen
◉ Pleuron Answer: Arthrodial membrane the sternites and tergites
sit on
, ◉ Filiform antennae Answer: linear and slender
◉ Serrate antennae Answer: saw-like
◉ Flabellate antennae Answer: fan shaped
◉ Hemocoel Answer: Insect body cavity
◉ Hemolymph Answer: insect blood
◉ spiracles and trachea Answer: External lungs and silvery
filamentous tubes
◉ Fat body Answer: Organ that stores proteins, synthesizes
hemolymph proteins, and regulates blood sugar
◉ gastric caeca Answer: Midgut protrusions that secrete digestive
enzymes
◉ malphigian tubules Answer: Yellow filamentous tubes, insect
kidney
◉ Dorsal vessel Answer: Insect heart