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Internal Insect Systems - Purdue Extension Entomology

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<strong>Insect</strong> Circulatory System<br />

• Open circulatory system<br />

• Dorsal vessel supported by alary muscles<br />

that pump blood to head<br />

• Paired Ostioles in each segment are one<br />

way valves that suck blood into dorsal<br />

vessel<br />

• No hemoglobin in blood. Oxygen is<br />

delivered by respiratory system.

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