The malpigian tubes function similar to a human's kidneys. They separate the water from waste to form uric acid.
Small holes on the bottom of the abdomen (spiracles) lead to tracheal tubes inside the insect. These tubes let air in, which has oxygen in it, to travel straight to the grasshoppers cells.
The air-tube in a grasshopper helps it with respiration. The air-tubes on the grasshopper are called tracheae and are located inside their bodies.
The trachea is connected to the air tubes in most grasshoppers. This part of the respiratory system allows grasshoppers to take in oxygen.
to pump blood throughout the body
they are tubes
It helps them hear is a predator is coming from behind.
The function of a grasshoppers rectum is for storage and later contents are expelled or released. A grasshopper is a none stop eater.
it sucks
The function of the grasshoppers colon is to move the grasshoppers poop out of the grasshopper. The grasshoppers does not have pockets so the colon can also be used to carry things around like an ipod, phone, keys and grass. You know, grasshopper stuff. Crickets do not have colons nor do they poop. They exercise more than grasshoppers because of this. If they don't burn the food in their stomachs they will explode.
An grasshoppers abdomen contains their digestive system and their reproductive system. They break down food very similar to humans after they eat.
To direct their jumps and move short distances.
No. "Malpigian tubules are structures found in insects, like grasshoppers, that aid in excretion. They excrete nitrogenous wastes wastes into the digestive tract and from there, out of the body." -According to the Barron's SAT Biology E/M subject test book. There was a practice question that asked "Which of the following are matched incorrectly?" The correct answer was Malpighian tubules-earthworms.