NEET2017ZoologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsActual
Frog's heart when taken out of the body continues to beat for sometime. Select the best option from the following statements: (i) Frog is a poikilothermic (ii) Frog does not have any coronary circulation (iii) Heart is "myogenic" in nature (iv) Heart is autoexcitable
Options
- AOnly (iii)
- BOnly (iv)
- C(i) and (ii)
- D(iii) and (iv)
Correct answer
D. (iii) and (iv)
Step-by-step solution
Frog or the vertebrates have myogenic heart (auto excitable). In this heart, beat is originated by a group of muscle fibres which is situated in the wall of the heart. So wave of contraction is generated inside the heart.