AIIMS2011ZoologyStructural Organisation in Animals
Which of the following is a correct match?
Options
- AFrog - External ears
- BEarthworm-Muscular gizzard, typhlosole
- CHuman - Fat globule, 10 pairs of cranial nerves
- DCockroach - Chilopoda
Correct answer
B. Earthworm-Muscular gizzard, typhlosole
Step-by-step solution
Frogs do not have external ears. Instead, they have an eardrum of sorts, called a tympanum, which is just behind each eye. Typhlosole are internal folds of the intestine or intestinal inner wall. Typhlosole occurs in bivalve mollusks, lampreys and some annelids and echinoderms. The gizzard, also referred to as the ventriculus, gastric mill, and gigerium, is an organ found in the digestive tract of some animals, including birds, reptiles, earthworms and some fish. This specialized organ constructed of thick, muscula