Complex hemolymph circulation patterns in grasshopper wings

Mary K. Salcedo; Brian H. Jun; John J. Socha; Naomi E. Pierce; Pavlos P. Vlachos; Stacey A. Combes

doi:10.1038/s42003-023-04651-2

Communications Biology (Mar 2023)

Complex hemolymph circulation patterns in grasshopper wings

Mary K. Salcedo,
Brian H. Jun,
John J. Socha,
Naomi E. Pierce,
Pavlos P. Vlachos,
Stacey A. Combes

Affiliations

Mary K. Salcedo: Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University
Brian H. Jun: School of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University
John J. Socha: Department of Biomedical Engineering and Mechanics, Virginia Tech
Naomi E. Pierce: Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology and Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
Pavlos P. Vlachos: Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, Purdue University
Stacey A. Combes: Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, UC Davis

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04651-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Study of grasshopper wings shows that hemolymph flows through every vein in the insect wing, creating a broad circuitous flow pattern in the wings, with three different flow behaviours (pulsatile, leaky, aperiodic).

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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