NEETBiologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsMCQ+4 / −1
Which of the following is correctly stated as it
happens in the common cockroach ?
- AOxygen is transported by haemoglobin in blood
- BThe food is ground by mandibles and gizzard
- CNitrogenous excretory product is urea
- DMalpighian tubules are excretory organs projecting out from the colon
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Correct answer: B
Mouth part of cockroach contain two mandibles, which bears teeth. When both the mandibles work simultaneously in a horizontal plane, the food matter is cut and masticated into fine and smaller pieces. Gizzard is a part of alimentary canal. It bears six muscular folds which are covered by chitinous conical plates, the teeth, used for grinding the food.
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