NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The word arthropod is a combination of two Greek words-arthro meaning jointed and pod meaning foot. All arthropods have jointed legs, claws, and body segments! Arthropods have segmented bodies. Each body segment usually has a pair of appendages. The appendages can be antennae, wings, legs, or mouthparts!

Detailed explanation-2: -The phylum Arthropoda contains a wide diversity of animals with hard exoskeletons and jointed appendages. Many familiar species belong to the phylum Arthropoda-insects, spiders, scorpions, centipedes, and millipedes on land; crabs, crayfish, shrimp, lobsters, and barnacles in water (Fig.

Detailed explanation-3: -We discuss these structures under the umbrella term of ‘appendages’. These structures include ligaments, tendons, entheses or joint insertions, regional fibrocartilages, bursae and other peri-articular joint structures including fat pads and nails.

Detailed explanation-4: -Jointed appendages are characteristics of the phylum Arthropoda. Legs, wings, and mouthparts are examples of Arthropods’ jointed appendages. Example-Grasshopper.

Detailed explanation-5: -arthropod. noun. ar·thro·pod ˈär-thrə-ˌpäd. : any of a phylum of invertebrate animals (as insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) having a segmented body, jointed limbs, and a shell of chitin that is shed periodically.