Hemolymph | biochemistry | Britannica (original) (raw)

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• circulatory system
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    In circulatory system: General features of circulation
    …the fluid, often known as hemolymph. The possession of a blood supply and coelom, however, does not exclude the circulation of environmental water through the body. Members of the phylum Echinodermata (starfishes and sea urchins, for example) have a complex water vascular system used mainly for locomotion.
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body fluid in

• insects
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    In insect: Digestive system
    …by the circulatory fluid, or hemolymph, to the organs.
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• mollusks
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    In mollusk: The circulatory system
    … in which body fluid (hemolymph) is transported largely within sinuses devoid of distinct epithelial walls. The posteriodorsal heart enclosed in a pericardium typically consists of a ventricle and two posterior auricles. Hemolymph is drained from ctenidia, gills, or other specialized respiratory epithelia into the respective auricles. The ventricle pumps…
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