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| Front view of a worker's head. Notice the hairs on top of the head, and also on the compound eyes. Viewed: 7420 times. |
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| A worker antenna with parts annotated.* Viewed: 3859 times. |
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| Top view of the head showing the three ocelli, in a triangular formation. Viewed: 4795 times. |
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| Two mandibles with the tongue in the middle.* Viewed: 4526 times. |
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| Mandibles seeing from behind. The tongue is in the retracted position. Viewed: 3880 times. |
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| The mouthparts of a worker with annotation. Viewed: 4340 times. |
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| galea.jpg Viewed: 3524 times. |
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| The dissected brain annotated. The optic lobes receive visual input from the two compound eyes. The center of the brain has a mushroom body on each side, where learning and memory occurs in insects. Olfactory inputs go to the antennal lobes. THe esophagus (food canal) goes through the hole formed by the fusion of the subesophageal ganglia with the antennal lobes. The CC-CA complex is located here surrounding the esophagus. Viewed: 4002 times. |
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| The mushroombody outlined. This is so called because it does look the cross section of the head of mushrooms. Viewed: 2499 times. |
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| The CA-CC (corpora allata-corpora cardiaca) complex. The CC is usually milky colored, while the CA is round and clear (the photo here shows more white color due to lighting conditions). CA is the source of juvenile hormone, which regulates division of labor in adult workers. CC stores PTTH (prothoracicotropic hormone) and release it when needed, therefore called a neurohemal organ. Viewed: 3170 times. |
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