…[Morioka Hiroyuki] Insects also have something called an air sac. It is an enlarged main trunk of the trachea, but it is able to expand and contract freely because it does not have the thin chitin rings taenidium that are found on the inner wall of the trachea. In addition to being useful for stability in flight (probably as buoyancy) and thermoregulation (body temperature rises with continued movement of the flight muscles in the thorax, so there are air sacs on both sides that surround the muscles), the air sac also plays a role in contracting after the larval molt as the internal structure develops, replacing the tough epidermis that cannot expand. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "chitin ring" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…【森岡 弘之】 昆虫にも気囊と呼ばれるものがある。これは気管の主幹が拡大したものであるが,気管の内壁にみられるような細いキチン輪taenidiumが巡らされていないために拡張・収縮が自在である。飛翔(ひしよう)の安定性(たぶん浮力として),体温調節(胸部にある飛翔筋の運動持続にともなって体温が上昇するので,その筋肉をとり囲むように両側に気囊がある)に役だっているほか,幼虫脱皮後,内部構造が発達するにつれて膨張できない堅固な表皮に代わって気囊が収縮する役目もある。… ※「キチン輪」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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