A report on Hemocyte (invertebrate immune system cell)

Cell that plays a role in the immune system of invertebrates.

- Hemocyte (invertebrate immune system cell)

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A grasshopper has an open circulatory system, where hemolymph moves through interconnected sinuses or hemocoels, spaces surrounding the organs.

Hemolymph

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Fluid, analogous to the blood in vertebrates, that circulates in the interior of the arthropod body, remaining in direct contact with the animal's tissues.

Fluid, analogous to the blood in vertebrates, that circulates in the interior of the arthropod body, remaining in direct contact with the animal's tissues.

A grasshopper has an open circulatory system, where hemolymph moves through interconnected sinuses or hemocoels, spaces surrounding the organs.
Above is a diagram of an open circulatory system. An open circulatory system is made up of a heart, vessels, and hemolymph. This diagram shows how the hemolymph is circulated throughout the body of a grasshopper. The hemolymph is first pumped through the heart, into the aorta, dispersed into the head and throughout the hemocoel, then back through the ostia that are located in the heart, where the process is repeated.

It is composed of a fluid plasma in which hemolymph cells called hemocytes are suspended.