Filter Chamber
- Pronunciation
- /FIL-ter CHAM-ber/
- Category
- Anatomy
- Singular
- Filter Chamber
- Plural
- Filter Chambers
Definition
A modification of the gut in sap-feeding insects that allows much of the water and some of the excess carbohydrate ingested by the insect to bypass the midgut, resulting in the production of honeydew.
Etymology
From the words 'filter' and 'chamber'.
Example
The filter chamber allows aphids to extract nutrients from plant sap while bypassing some of the digestion process.