Grasshopper - Dissection

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HOPPER's FINAL HOURS

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Patient #001881: Hill, Hopper

Specimen: Grasshopper

Height: 4.8 in

Eye color: black

Weight: 3 oz

Ethnicity: insect

Biography: The grasshopper is primarily found in gardens, fields, and almost every climate in the world. You can even find them in your yard in the summer time, by hearing the sound that they make when they run their legs back and forth. Grasshoppers are herbiorves, which means that they eat vegetation such as grass. They breathe through 10 holes that are located in the thorax and abdomen known as spiracles. Although these insects are quite small, and harmless; they can spit out a juice-substance to protect from predators and can jump almost 20 times its size. 

REFER TO THE INFORMATIONAL DISSECTION VIDEO AT THE BOTTOM IF KNOWING HOW TO DISSECT THIS ORGANISM IS DESIRED. THE VIDEO CONTAINS A DETAILED VISUAL AND VOICEOVER.

EXTERNAL ANATOMY

Ovipostion: Where the genitals are located on the grasshopper.

Eyes: Sensory organ.

Pronotum: Protection above the neck.

Spiracles: Small holes in which grasshoppers exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide through.

Antennae: Sensory organ.

INTERNAL ANATOMY

Rectum: Digestional exit for food.

Intestines: Digestional track for food.

Heart: Organ that pumps blood throughout the body.

Mandible: Organ for grinding up food for digestion.

Nerve Cord: Organ in which supplies nerve signals to everywhere along the body.

Stomach: Digestive organ for foods.

Gizzard: Further grinds foods.

INFORMATIONAL DISSECTION VIDEO BELOW

WORKS CITED

http://animalcorner.co.uk/grasshopper-body-anatomy/