NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Arthropods (/ˈɑːrrəpɒd/, from Ancient Greek (arthron) ‘joint’, and (pous) ‘foot’ (gen. )) are invertebrate animals with an exoskeleton, a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages. Arthropods form the phylum Arthropoda.

Detailed explanation-2: -All arthropods (arthro = joint, pod = foot) have jointed limbs. In most of the leg, the exoskeleton is hard, but at the joints it is softer and bendable, allowing movement in the same way that a suit of armor does.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Arthropods are joint-legged animals and you must have come across a few of these animals. Some prominent ones include insects, spiders, ants, bees, crabs, shrimps, millipedes, centipedes etc. Scientifically speaking, they all come under the Animal Kingdom under phylum Arthropoda.