Chapter 33.9, Problem 3LO

Summary Introduction

To describe: The advantages and drawbacks of an exoskeleton.

Introduction: The members of arthropods are small,usually a few millimeters in length, and the adults range in size from about 80 micrometer long. These organisms consist of segmented body, exoskeleton, and joined appendages. The segments are specialized into functional groups or tagmata, such as the head, thorax and abdomen of an insect.