Grasshopper dissection Diagram | Quizlet

clypens

connects labrum and frons

1

labrum

upper lip

2

mandible

grinds/mashes food

3

maxilla

tastes/handles food

4

mentum

connects labium to face

5

ligula

same as labium

6

labium

lower lip

7

palps

taste food

8

galea

detects toxins

9

lacina

stabs prey

10

stipes

connects maxilla to head

11

hypopharynx

taste/swallow food

12

metathorax

attaches to hindleg and hindwings

1

forewing

membranous; attaches to mesothorax

2

hindwing

leathery; attaches metathorax

3

tibia

has stridulatory spikes

4

pulvillus

adheres to substrate

5

claw

adheres to substrate

6

tarsus

have pads to stick to surfaces

7

femur

8

tynpanum

hearing organ

9

trochanter

connects femur and coxa

10

coxa

joint; connects trochanter and body

11

abdomen

12

thorax

13

head

14

palp

tastes food

15

labrum

upper lip

16

compound eye

senses light

17

antenna

sense environment

18

prothorax

like carapace of crustaceans; attaches foreleg

19

mesothorax

attaches midleg and forewings

20

ovipositor

transfers eggs

21

TERM

crop

DEFINITION

stores food

TERM

gastric ceca

DEFINITION

houses mutualistic bacteria that digest cellulose

TERM

proventriculus

DEFINITION

grinds food

TERM

ventriculus

DEFINITION

absorbs nutrients

TERM

colon

DEFINITION

concentrate waste

TERM

rectum

DEFINITION

reabsorbs ions/water