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hemocoel

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hemocoel [′hē·mə‚sēl]
(invertebrate zoology)
An expanded portion of the blood system in arthropods that replaces a portion of the coelom.
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The microsphere suspension in saline was injected into the ventral hemocoel of the lobster through the thin cuticular membranes at the base of the pereiopods (walking legs) using a 22-gauge needle, with the total volume divided among several pereiopods.
A method for assessing removal of foreign particles from the blood by ... by Jacoff-Kapusta, Karen / Journal of Shellfish Research
Then, legs were detached from cold-anesthetized mosquitoes and assayed to determine the dissemination rate of the virus from the midgut into the hemocoel (mosquito legs include hemolymph, which is believed to mediate infection of the salivary glands).
Dengue emergence and adaptation to peridomestic mosquitoes by Weaver, Scott C. / Emerging Infectious Diseases
When nymphal ticks feed, the bacteria pass through the hemocoel to the salivary glands and are transmitted to a new host in the saliva after 2 days.
Vector interactions and molecular adaptations of Lyme disease and ... by Piesman, Joseph / Emerging Infectious Diseases
 
 
 
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