Ant's body works amazingly.
Move over the names of bodies to find out ...
Nervous System :
That's like our spinal cord
Like all invertebrates, and unlike us,
it is in the prone position. |
Brain :
Here come the nerves almost exclusively from the eyes and antennae.
There are approximately 500 000 neurons (100 billion for humans).
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Heart :
It is in the form of a long cylinder placed alongside the body.
The ants do not really have blood, but the hemolymph, a liquid consisting mainly of white blood cells.
The circulatory system is open, the organs are bathed in hemolymph circulating freely in the body. |
Respiratory System :
It consists of a network of tubes, the tracheae,
leading to the outside through openings. |
Crop :
This part of the stomach stores predigested food.
It will be redistributed to other workers, larvae and queen using trophallaxis. |
Malpighian tubes :
Kinds of primitive kidneys,
it cleans ants' blood. |
Intestine :
The food is digested here |
Esophagus :
It allows only liquid foods,
Other foods must be crushed. |
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