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Match List-I with List-II regarding the organs of Cockroach: Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
- (a) - (i), (b) - (iv), (c) - (iii), (d) - (ii)
- (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iii)
- (a) - (iii), (b) - (ii), (c) - (i), (d) - (iv)
- (a) - (ii), (b) - (iv), (c) - (i), (d) - (iii)
Answer
(2) (a) - (iv), (b) - (i), (c) - (ii), (d) - (iii)
Solution
(a) Crop – a sac-like part of the foregut used for storing food → (iv).
(b) Proventriculus (gizzard) – has an outer layer of thick circular muscles and a thick inner cuticle forming chitinous teeth; it grinds the food particles → (i).
(c) Hepatic caecae – a ring of 6–8 blind tubules at the junction of foregut and midgut that secrete digestive juice → (ii).
(d) Malpighian tubules – absorb nitrogenous waste products and convert them into uric acid, which is excreted out through the hindgut → (iii).
∴ (a)-(iv), (b)-(i), (c)-(ii), (d)-(iii)
Answer: (2)
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