NEET 2019 Biology question

Select the correct sequence of organs in the alimentary canal of cockroach starting from mouth

(1)Pharynx Oesophagus Crop Gizzard Ileum Colon RectumCorrect
(2)Pharynx Oesophagus Gizzard Crop Ileum Colon Rectum
(3)Pharynx Oesophagus Gizzard Ileum Crop Colon Rectum
(4)Pharynx Oesophagus Ileum Crop Gizzard Colon Rectum

Answer: (1)

Solution

In the cockroach the alimentary canal is divided into foregut, midgut and hindgut. The foregut consists of mouth, pharynx, oesophagus, crop (food storage) and gizzard (grinding with chitinous teeth). The midgut (stomach) bears hepatic caecae at its junction with the

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