To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Movie 2 Contraction of the aorta in situ and ex vivo. Structural and functional characterization of the contractile aorta and associated hemocytes of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae Leah T. Sigle, and Julián F. Hillyer Journal of Experimental Biology 2018. 221:None-None; doi: 10.1242/jeb.181107 Download Original Video