ANT BODY 

Ants have three main body parts: the head, thorax, and abdomen, also called the gaster. Inside the abdomen, along the very top of the body, is a long tube‑shaped heart that gently pumps their blood forward. Ants have no lungs; instead, they breathe through spiracles—tiny pores along their sides. Their jaws, called mandibles, open sideways like tiny scissors, and although adult ants cannot swallow solid food, they extract the liquid and share it with nestmates using their social stomach. Ants have two stomachs: one for their own nutrition and one for storing food to give to the colony. They use their antennae to sense their environment and communicate through pheromones, touch, and sound made by rubbing body parts together. Their bodies are covered by a protective exoskeleton that also helps them keep moisture inside, they walk on six jointed legs, and they see through compound eyes made of many small lenses.