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    The document summarizes the structure of an insect's head, thorax, and abdomen. It describes the head as being made up of fused segments that vary in size and shape depending on diet. It identifies three categories of axial head position - hypognathous, prognathous, and opisthognathous. It details the thorax as having three segments - prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax. Each segment contains dorsal, ventral, and lateral sclerites. Finally, it states the abdomen is conspicuously segmented, usually with 9-11 segments, and contains organs for respiration, excretion, and reproduction.

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    The document summarizes the structure of an insect's head, thorax, and abdomen. It describes the head as being made up of fused segments that vary in size and shape depending on diet. It identifies three categories of axial head position - hypognathous, prognathous, and opisthognathous. It details the thorax as having three segments - prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax. Each segment contains dorsal, ventral, and lateral sclerites. Finally, it states the abdomen is conspicuously segmented, usually with 9-11 segments, and contains organs for respiration, excretion, and reproduction.

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    The document summarizes the structure of an insect's head, thorax, and abdomen. It describes the head as being made up of fused segments that vary in size and shape depending on diet. It identifies three categories of axial head position - hypognathous, prognathous, and opisthognathous. It details the thorax as having three segments - prothorax, mesothorax, and metathorax. Each segment contains dorsal, ventral, and lateral sclerites. Finally, it states the abdomen is conspicuously segmented, usually with 9-11 segments, and contains organs for respiration, excretion, and reproduction.

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    STRUCTURE OF

    HEAD, THORAX,
    AND ABDOMEN
    By: MARI GAYLE C. PEREZ
    HEAD
    • Fusion of several segments
    • Size and shape reflect functional
    adaptations
    Large head – grass-feeding; small head
    – herbaceous-feeding
    Globular, hypercephalic, and broad
    heads
    GENERALIZED VIEW OF AN INSECT
    HEAD
    AXIAL POSITION
    THREE BASIC CATEGORIES
    1. Hypognathous – longer lower jaws
    - grasshoppers, houseflies, and honeybees
    2. Prognathous – projecting jaws
    - carabid beetles, earwigs, and bethylid wasps
    3. Opisthognathous – retreating jaws
    - leafhoppers, whiteflies, and aphids
    What is the axial
    position?
    A B C

    PROGNATHOUS
    HYPOGNATHOUS
    OPISTHOGNATHOUS
    THORAX
    • “second tagma”
    • Well-developed and differentiated from
    head and abdomen
    • Locomotion center
     walking, flight, and jumping
    THORAX
    • 3 segments:
     Prothorax
     Mesothorax
     Metathorax
     Meso- and metathorax with wings
    are called Pterothorax
    • 3 scleritic plates:
     Nota or tergum (sing. Notum)
     Sterna (sing. Sternum)
     Pleura (sing. Pleuron)
    THORAX
    • Dorsal Sclerites (Nota):
     pronotum, mesonotum, and
    metanotum
    • Ventral Sclerites (Sterna):
     Prosternum, mesosternum, and
    metasternum
    • Lateral Sclerites (Pleura):
     Mesopleura, metapleural and Plurite
    ABDOMEN
    • Conspicuously segmented
    • Usually consists of 9 to 11 segments
    (uromeres)
    • Highly flexible
    • For respiration, excretion, and
    reproduction
    Abdominal
    Segmentation
    Abdominal
    Segmentation

    CLASPERS
    THANK YOU FOR
    LISTENING!
    REFERENCES
    • https://www.researchgate.net/publication/43290373_Chapter_5_Anatomy_Head_Thorax_

    Abdomen_and_Genitalia

    • https://slideplayer.com/slide/12891722/

    • https://www.slideshare.net/RajuPanse/lec-7-body-segmentation-structure-of-thorax-abdom

    enppt

    • https://www.slideshare.net/YuvrajSingh531/insect-thorax-and-abdomen

    • https://genent.cals.ncsu.edu/bug-bytes/thorax/

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