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NEET 2010
Exam
NEET
Year
2010
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Excretory Products and their Elimination

NEET 2010 · Zoology · Excretory Products and their Elimination

In which one of the following organism, its excretory organs are...

In which one of the following organism, its excretory organs are correctly stated?

Options

  1. AHumans - Kidneys, sebaceous glands and tear glands
  2. BEarthworm - Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal nephridia
  3. CCockroach - Malpighian tubules and enteric caeca
  4. DFrog - Kidneys, skin and buccal epithelium

Correct answer

B. Earthworm - Pharyngeal, integumentary and septal nephridia

Step-by-step solution

In earthworm, excretory system is made up of many segmentally arranged microscopic coiled tubes called nephridia. These are ectodermal in origin and analogous to vertebrate kidney. In Pheretima, following three types of nephridia are seen. (i) Pharyngeal nephridia-Situated in either side of pharynx and oesophagus in 4th ,5th 4^{\text{th }}, 5^{\text{th }} and 6th 6^{\text{th }} segment. (ii) Integumentary nephridia-Scattered in the body wall, seen from 7th 7^{\text{th }} segment onwards. (iii) Septal nephridia-Largest nephridia attached to both faces of each intersegment septum behind 15th 15^{\text{th }} segment.
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