tritocerebrum

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The tritocerebrum is the third segment of an insect's brain. It innervates the labrum, which is an insect's upper lip. The term "tritencephalon" can also refer to the tritocerebrum, and it is the hindmost of the three primary brain vesicles in insects.12

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the protocerebrum, deutocerebrum, and tritocerebrum. The anterior protocerebrum, which receives the nerves of the eyes and other organs, contains centres, or neuropils, such as the optic centres and bodies known as corpora pedunculata. The neuropils function as integrative systems for the anterior sense organs, especially the eyes, and in…
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the protocerebrum, deutocerebrum, and tritocerebrum. The anterior protocerebrum, which receives the nerves of the eyes and other organs, contains centres, or neuropils, such as the optic centres and bodies known as corpora pedunculata. The neuropils function as integrative systems for the anterior sense organs, especially the eyes, and in…
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