There are 12 major groups of CNS ganglia (ganglions) in a cockroach:
- 3 in the head:
supra-oesophageal (cerebral) ganglia
sub-oesophageal ganglia
circum-oesophageal connectives
- 3 in the thorax:
prothoracic ganglia
mesothoracic ganglia
metathoracic ganglia
- 6 in the abdomen:
first through fifth abdominal ganglia (fused from pairs)
sixth abdominal ganglia (fused from a group)
The cockroach central nervous system has a double ventral nerve cord in the thorax and abdomen.
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