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cicada molting
meadow grasshopper (Chorthippus parallelus)
arthropod integument
Examine the differences in structure and function of endoskeletons and exoskeletons
Witness a grasshopper molting as it sheds its outgrown exoskeleton
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Muscles of facial expression, human anatomy, (Netter replacement project - SSC). Human face, human head.
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