Journal article
Neuropeptides Modulate the Heart of the Stick Insect Baculum extradentatum
Abstract
The dorsal vessel of the stick insect Baculum extradentatum consists of a tubular heart and an aorta that extends anteriorly into the head. Alary muscles, associated with the heart, are anchored to the body wall with attachments to the dorsal diaphragm. Alary muscle contraction draws hemolymph into the heart through incurrent ostia. Hemolymph exits the heart through the excurrent ostia present on the dorsal vessel in thoracic and abdominal …
Authors
Lange AB; Calvin A; Da Silva R
Journal
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 1163, No. 1, pp. 448–450
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2009
DOI
10.1111/j.1749-6632.2008.03658.x
ISSN
0077-8923