Nervous System
Insects have a complex nervous system which incorporates a variety of internal physiological information as well as external sensory information (Gullan & Cranston, 2005) Like invertebrates the basic component is the neuron or nerve cell. This is made up of a dendrite with two projections that receive stimuli and an axon, which transmits information to another neuron or organ, like a muscle. As for vertebrates, chemicals (neurotransmitters such as acetylcholine and dopamine) are released at synapses (Gullan & Cranston, 2005).
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