Trachea to air sacs. Many insects, such as grasshoppers and bees, which actively pump the air sacs in their abdomen, are able to control the flow of air through their body. In some aquatic insects, the tracheae exchange gas through the body wall directly, in the form of a gill, or function essentially as normal, via a plastron. Note that despite being internal, the tracheae of arthropods are lined with cuticular tissue and are shed during moulting (ecdysis). In 2008, a Colombian woman, Claudia Castillo (30), received a trachea transplant using her own stem cells. Between 2011 and 2014 Paolo Macchiarini
My Name Is Jack My Name Is Jack "My Name Is Jack" is a song written by American record producer John Simon and released as a single by British group Manfred Mann in 1968. Their version reached number 8 on UK record charts. It became an international Top 10 hit, however, in the U.S., the song reached only #104. The lyrics and music were written by John Simon, and his own version was included on the soundtrack of the 1968 film "You Are What You Eat". The song tells the story of a resident of the " Greta Garbo Home for Wayward Boys and