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NEET 2021
Exam
NEET
Year
2021
Subject
Botany
Chapter
Animal Kingdom

NEET 2021 · Botany · Animal Kingdom

Which one of the following organisms bears hollow and pneumatic...

Which one of the following organisms bears hollow and pneumatic long bones?

Options

  1. ANeophron
  2. BHemidactylus
  3. CMacropus
  4. DOrnithorhynchus

Correct answer

A. Neophron

Step-by-step solution

Birds have remarkably specialized bones that are pneumatic because they are full of air sacs that provide a continuous flow of breath throughout their bodies. Also, it is one of the flight adaptations of the birds besides, lack of urinary bladder and boat-shaped body etc. E.g. Neophron (Vulture)

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