The Grasshopper Dissection Life Science
The Grasshopper Body Segments Head Thorax Abdomen Head Thorax Abdomen
The Simple & Compound Eyes Compound Eye Simple Eyes
Appendages (Thorax) 3 pairs of legs 2 pairs of wings Wings
Tympana Senses sound waves like an ear. Tympanum
Female Ovipositors 2 sets of ovipositors Ovipositors
Male Lacks ovipositors
Mouthparts 1.2 mandibles 2.2 maxillae 3.1 labrum 4.1 labellum Mandible Labrum Maxilla Labellum
Air Sacs
Tubular Heart Anterior End Tubular Heart
Ovaries Oviduct Ovipositor
Alimentary Canal Anterior End
Esophagus
Crop
Gastric Caeca Gastric Caecum
Gizzard
Stomach Posterior End Stomach
Intestine Malpighian Tubules (stringy)
Rectum
Inside the Alimentary Canal Stomach & Intestine (many folds) Crop & Gizzard (smooth)
Ventral Nerve Chord