NEET2011ZoologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsActual
Which of the following is correctly states as it happens in the common cockroach?
Options
- AOxygen is transported by haemoglobin in blood
- BNitrogenous excretory product is urea
- CThe food is ground by mandibles and gizzard
- DMalpighian tubules are excretory organs projecting out from the colon
Correct answer
C. The food is ground by mandibles and gizzard
Step-by-step solution
In cockroach, mandibles are a pair of hard, strong, large, dark coloured traingular, structures which move in horizontal motion and crush food between them. Gizzard or proventriculus has an outer layer of thick circular muscles and thick inner cuticle forming six highly chitinous plate called teeth. The gizzard acts as the grinding chamber and helps in grinding the food particles.