Front cover -- Physiological Systems in Insects -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER 1: Endocrine Systems -- TYPES OF HORMONE RELEASE SITES IN INSECTS -- EARLY EXPERIMENTS THAT SET THE STAGE FOR OUR CURRENT UNDERSTANDING -- TYPE OF HORMONES IN INSECTS -- PROTHORACICOTROPIC HORMONE -- ECDYSTEROIDS -- THE JUVENILE HORMONES -- OTHER NEUROPEPTIDES FOUND IN INSECTS -- VERTEBRATE-TYPE HORMONES IN INSECTS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 2: Integumentary Systems -- INSECT GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT -- STRATEGIES FOR GROWTH -- ORIGINS OF HOLOMETABOLY -- INSTARS, STADIA, AND HIDDEN PHASES -- STRUCTURE OF THE INTEGUMENT -- MODIFIED FEATURES OF THE INTEGUMENT -- CHEMISTRY OF THE CUTICLE -- THE MOLTING PROCESS -- ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF MOLTING -- ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF GROWTH -- ENDOCRINE CONTROL OF METAMORPHOSIS -- METAMORPHOSIS AND THE RADICALLY CHANGING CUTICLE -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 3: Developmental Systems -- INSECT EGGS -- EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 4: Reproductive Systems -- FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS -- VITELLOGENESIS -- ENDOCRINOLOGY OF FEMALE REPRODUCTION -- OVULATION, FERTILIZATION, AND OVIPOSITION -- MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS -- UNCONVENTIONAL METHODS OF INSECT REPRODUCTION -- MATING SYSTEMS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 5: Behavioral Systems -- WAYS OF LOOKING AT BEHAVIOR -- GENETIC BASIS OF INSECT BEHAVIOR -- PHYSIOLOGY OF LEARNING AND MEMORY -- HORMONAL REGULATION OF BEHAVIOR -- PHYSIOLOGY OF CIRCADIAN RHYTHMS -- INSECT SLEEP AND AROUSAL PATTERNS -- PHYSIOLOGY OF SYNCHRONOUS BEHAVIOR -- PHYSIOLOGY OF POLYPHENISMS -- PHYSIOLOGY OF TEMPORAL POLYETHISMS -- PHYSIOLOGY OF BEHAVIORS ACCOMPANYING METAMORPHOSIS -- PHYSIOLOGY OF ECLOSION BEHAVIORS -- PHYSIOLOGY OF REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIORS -- PHYSIOLOGY OF BEHAVIORAL MODULATION BY PARASITES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 6: Metabolic Systems -- THE INSECT ALIMENTARY TRACT.

BASIC GUT STRUCTURE -- METABOLIC PROCESSES IN INSECTS -- DIAPAUSE AS A METABOLIC PROCESS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 7: Circulatory Systems -- STRUCTURE OF THE INSECT CIRCULATORY SYSTEM -- IMMUNE MECHANISMS IN INSECTS -- THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM AND TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 8: Excretory Systems -- MAJOR EXCRETORY PRODUCTS IN INSECTS -- MALPIGHIAN TUBULES -- MECHANISM OF MALPIGHIAN TUBULE SECRETION -- HINDGUT AND RECTUM -- CRYPTONEPHRIDIAL SYSTEM -- FILTER CHAMBER -- HORMONAL CONTROL OF EXCRETION AND OSMOREGULATION -- STORAGE EXCRETION -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE MALPIGHIAN TUBULES -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 9: Respiratory Systems -- BRINGING OXYGEN TO INSECT CELLS -- THE TRACHEAL SYSTEM -- MODIFICATIONS THAT INCREASE OXYGEN UPTAKE -- NONRESPIRATORY FUNCTIONS OF TRACHEAL SYSTEMS -- DISCONTINUOUS GAS EXCHANGE -- AQUATIC RESPIRATION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 10: Locomotor Systems -- BASIC STRUCTURE OF INSECT MUSCLES -- TYPES OF INSECT MUSCLES -- EVOLUTION OF INSECT WINGS -- MUSCLES INVOLVED IN WING MOVEMENTS -- FLIGHT MUSCLE METABOLISM -- TERRESTRIAL LOCOMOTION -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 11: Nervous Systems -- BASIC COMPONENTS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- EVOLUTION AND STRUCTURE OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- THE VISCERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM -- SENSING THE ENVIRONMENT -- VISUAL RECEPTORS -- VISUAL PIGMENTS -- MAGNETIC SENSITIVITY -- REFERENCES -- CHAPTER 12: Communication Systems -- VISUAL COMMUNICATION -- ACOUSTICAL COMMUNICATION -- TACTILE COMMUNICATION -- CHEMICAL COMMUNICATION -- PHEROMONES -- RELEASER PHEROMONES -- PHEROMONE SYNTHESIS AND RELEASE -- ALLELOCHEMICALS -- PRIMER PHEROMONES -- THE MULTICOMPONENT NATURE OF BEE COMMUNICATION -- REFERENCES -- Glossary -- Index.