. Gleanings in bee culture . h a large number of tube mus-cles, see Fig. 5, shows the fine staves as a,series of minute points. Between the singlefibers there are numerous tracheae fromwhich arise the finest air-channels, goingin serpentine lines along the fibers, thus fur-nishing them the necessary oxygen andeliminating the carbonic acid. These muscular fibers adhere firmly atone end to some part of the rigid chitinousharness, while the other end is grown to-gether with some part of the body (antennae. tongue, wings, etc.), which is to be an energetic contraction of the muscularfasci
. Gleanings in bee culture . h a large number of tube mus-cles, see Fig. 5, shows the fine staves as a,series of minute points. Between the singlefibers there are numerous tracheae fromwhich arise the finest air-channels, goingin serpentine lines along the fibers, thus fur-nishing them the necessary oxygen andeliminating the carbonic acid. These muscular fibers adhere firmly atone end to some part of the rigid chitinousharness, while the other end is grown to-gether with some part of the body (antennae. tongue, wings, etc.), which is to be an energetic contraction of the muscularfascicle the extreme point is moved in a cer-tain direction. The opposite movement is])erformed by relaxation of the fascicle withsimultaneous contraction of the every muscle or group of muscles is acorresponding one or more the muscle (protrusor) which pushesforth the sting possesses two antagonists(retractors), which have a tendency to with-draw the fascicle muscles possess a high degree. Fig. 5.—Tubular muscle, transverse section. Nov. 15, 1911 689
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