ID#: 9243
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This was one of five scanning electron microscopic (SEM) images (PHIL# 9243 – 9247); magnified at successively higher values; which focused on the head region of a female body louse; Pediculus humanus var. corporis from a ventral perspective. At a magnification of 39X; this SEM revealed some of the insect’s exoskeletal morphology exhibited on its cephalic; thoracic; and proximal abdominal regions. Of interest is the jointed configuration of its six extremities; from which it derived its classification in the phylum of Arthropoda; i.e.; Arthro from "joint”; and poda from "leg").
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Joseph Strycharz, Ph.D.; Kyong Sup Yoon, Ph.D.; Frank Collins, Ph.D.
Creation Date: 2006
Photo Credit: Janice Haney Carr
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