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Insect blood, properly called hemolymph, flows freely through the body cavity, but is moved from the abdomen to the head through what structure?

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It passes through a structure called Ostia that makes the valved chambers for hemolymph to flow. From the Ostia into the aorta and then the hemolymph is flushed out in front of head.

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