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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"abdominal pumping"”.
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The role of the abdominal pump in tracheal tube collapse in the darkling beetle, Zophobas morio
Abdominal pumping is a widespread behavior in insects. However, there remains ambiguity surrounding the abdominal pumping behavior, both in terms of describing what exactly abdominal pumping is (i.e., if various modes of operation exist) and also what function(s) abdominal pumping serves (and if …
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The mechanical linkage of abdominal movements and the respiratory system in beetles
Abdominal pumping is a well-known behavior in insects, thought to function largely in respiratory processes. In particular, the abdominal pump is considered to produce ventilation of air in the tracheal system, but the mechanistic link between abdominal movement and flow of air is not well …
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Recovering signals in physiological systems with large datasets
… a grasshopper to investigate the exact timing of abdominal pumping, spiracular opening, and CO2 emission. The methods can be used more generally for input estimation of any linear system.
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Microfluidic Flow Creation in the Insect Respiratory System
… tube compression, spiracular valving, and abdominal pumping coordinate to produce unidirectional flow during active respiration. In Chapter Two, we altered the environmental conditions by exposing the animals to various levels of hypoxia and hyperoxia, then examined how they changed their …