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  2. Respiratory system of insects - Wikipedia

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    Insects have spiracles on their exoskeletons to allow air to enter the trachea. [1] [page needed] In insects, the tracheal tubes primarily deliver oxygen directly into the insects' tissues. The spiracles can be opened and closed in an efficient manner to reduce water loss. This is done by contracting closer muscles surrounding the spiracle.

  3. Spiracle (arthropods) - Wikipedia

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    Although all insects have spiracles, only some arachnids have them. Some spiders such as orb weavers and wolf spiders have spiracles. Ancestrally, spiders have book lungs, not trachea. However, some spiders evolved a tracheal system independently of the tracheal system in insects, which includes independent evolution of the spiracles as well ...

  4. Trachea - Wikipedia

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    The tracheal system branches into progressively smaller tubes, here supplying the crop of the cockroach. Scale bar, 2 mm. The word trachea is used to define a very different organ in invertebrates than in vertebrates. Insects have an open respiratory system made up of spiracles, tracheae, and tracheoles to transport metabolic gases to and from ...

  5. Spider anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Internal anatomy of a female - 1 o-slit shaped orifice of poison gland. Behind the mouth opening is a mandible with a 5 segmented palpus. a-anus. s-are the two column-shaped spiracles leading into the lungs or tracheae. s'-is an unpaired spiracle that leads into tubular tracheae. The abdomen has the intestine and ovary embedded in the liver.

  6. Morphology of Diptera - Wikipedia

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    Depending on the number and position of the tracheal spiracles, the following types of breathing apparatus can be distinguished. apneustic, with absence of stigmas ; metapneustic, with only one pair of stigmata. These are on the abdomen. amphipneustic, with two pairs of stigmas. On pair on the prothorax, one pair on the abdomen.

  7. External morphology of Lepidoptera - Wikipedia

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    The forelegs are reduced in the Nymphalidae Diagram of an insect leg. The thorax, which develops from segments 2, 3, and 4 of the larva, consists of three invisibly divided segments, namely prothorax, metathorax, and mesothorax. [11] The organs of insect locomotion – the legs and wings – are borne on the thorax.

  8. I'm A Trainer, And These Are 5 Weight Machines You Should ...

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    Most weight machines have levers or pins to customize the seat height and range of motion, so don’t hesitate to consult the machine’s diagram or ask a gym staff member for help if needed.

  9. Respiratory system - Wikipedia

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    In humans and other mammals, the anatomy of a typical respiratory system is the respiratory tract.The tract is divided into an upper and a lower respiratory tract.The upper tract includes the nose, nasal cavities, sinuses, pharynx and the part of the larynx above the vocal folds.