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Chitin is polysaccharide, formed from N-acetylglucosamine, that acts as a structural material in the exoskeletons of arthropods, and in internal structures of cephalopods and many other animals.
Chitin is a polysaccharine, made from N-acetylglucosamine, that serves as a structural material in the exoskeletons of arthropods, and in internal structures of cephalopods and other animals.

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What is significance of chitin in arthropods?

Chitin is a structural carbohydrate that forms their exoskeleton


What is the significance of chitin arthropods?

Chitin is a structural carbohydrate that forms their exoskeleton


What is the name of the polysaccharide that is found in the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeletons of arthropods?

Chitin is the polysaccharide found in the cell walls of fungi and the exoskeletons of arthropods.


Do fish scales contain chitin?

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Is chitin a heteropolysaccharide?

Yes, chitin is a heteropolysaccharide.


From what language do you get the word chitin?

"chitin" comes from the French word "chitine", meaning the same substance, chitin.


What is a complex carbohydrate found in the cell walls of fungi and in insect exoskeletons called?

Chitin.


Which carbohydrate is found in the exoskeleton of insects and crabs?

chitin


What type of molecule is a chitin?

Chitin is polymerized N-acetylglucosamine.


What do fungi use chitin for?

Chitin makes the cell wall


The cell walls of fungi are made from what?

The cell walls of fungi are made up of the glucosamine polymer chitin. The chitin of the fungal cell walls contain nitrogen.


What is significance of chitin?

Chitin is a long-chain polymer, a derivative of glucose. It's a material of what are many exoskeletons of invertebrate animals made of. Arthropods animals like insects (ants, grasshoppers, beetles), arachnids (Spiders, scorpions), crustaceans (crabs, lobsters, shrimps), mollusks (snails, slugs) and cephalopods (squid, octopuses) don't have bones inside them, so they have hard shells around them (not all of them, like octopuses) to keep them in one solid animal. Those shells are made out of chitin. Also the cell walls of fungi are chitin.