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Question 11 Mark
Answer in one word or one line: How many segments are present in the abdomen of cockroach?
Answer
In both sexes, the abdomen of a cockroach consists of ten segments.
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Question 21 Mark
Distinguish between: Simple gland and compound gland.
Answer
 
Simple glands
 
Compound glands
1.
They contain isolated glandular cells.
1.
They contain a cluster of secretory cells.
2.
They are unicellular.
2.
They are multicellular.
3.
Examples include goblet cells of the alimentary canal.
3.
Examples include salivary glands.
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Question 31 Mark
Mark the odd one in series: Areolar tissue; blood; neuron; tendon.
Answer
Areolar tissue, blood, and tendons are examples of connective tissues. Neuron is an example of neural tissue.
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Question 41 Mark
Mention the function of the following: Malpighian tubules.
Answer
Malphigian tubules: Malphigian tubules are excretory organs in cockroaches.
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Question 51 Mark
Mark the odd one in series: Exocrine; endocrine; salivary gland; ligament.
Answer
Exocrine, endocrine, and salivary glands are examples of simple glandular epithelium. Ligament is a connective tissue.
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Question 61 Mark
Distinguish between: Adipose and blood tissue.
Answer
 
Adipose tissue
 
Blood tissue
1.
It is composed of collagen fibres, elastin fibres, fibroblasts, macrophages, and adipociytes.
1.
In dense irregular connective tissues, fibres are arranged irregularly.
2.
It helps in the synthesis, storage, and metabolism of fats.
2.
It helps in the transportation of food, wastes, gases, and hormones.
3.
Is is present beneath the skin.
3.
It is present in the blood vessels.
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Question 71 Mark
Answer in one word or one line: Give the common name of Periplanata americana.
Answer
The common name of Periplaneta Americana is the American cockroach.
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Question 81 Mark
Answer the following: What is the function of nephridia?
Answer
Nephridia are segmentally arranged excretory organs present in earthworms.
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Question 91 Mark
Mark the odd one in series: Maxilla; mandible; labrum; antennae.
Answer
Maxilla, mandible, and labrum are mouthparts of a cockroach. Antennae, on the other hand, are present in the head region of cockroaches.
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Question 101 Mark
Answer in one word or one line:
What is the position of ovaries in cockroach?
Answer
In a cockroach, the pair of ovaries is located between $12^{\text {th }}$ and $13^{\text {th }}$ abdominal segments.
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Question 111 Mark
Mention the function of the following: Body wall in earthworm.
Answer
Body wall in earthworms: In earthworms, the body wall consists of muscle layers. It helps in movement and burrowing.
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Question 121 Mark
Mark the odd one in series: RBC; WBC; platelets; cartilage.
Answer
RBCs, WBCs, and platelets are the three most important components of blood. Cartilage is therefore, the odd one out.
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Question 131 Mark
Answer in one word or one line: Where do you find Malpighian tubules?
Answer
Malphigian tubules are main excretory organs of cockroaches. They form a part of the alimentary canal.
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Question 141 Mark
Mark the odd one in series: Protonema; mesothorax; metathorax; coxa.
Answer
Protonema forms the developmental stage in the life cycle of a moss. Mesothorax, metathorax, and coxa are parts or segments present in the legs of a cockroach.
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Question 151 Mark
Answer in one word or one line: How many spermathecae are found in earthworm?
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Four pairs of spermathecae are present in earthworms. They are located between sixth and the ninth segments. They help in receiving and storing the spermatozoa during copulation.
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Question 161 Mark
Mention the function of the following: Ureters in frog.
Answer
Ureters in frogs: A ureter acts as a urinogenital duct, which carries sperms along with urine in male frogs.
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Question 191 Mark
Which mouth part of cockroach is comparable to our tongue?
Answer
Hypopharynx acts as a tongue in cockroach and lies within cavity enclosed by the mouthparts.
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Question 201 Mark
How does the skin of the frog is suitable for respiration?
Answer
The skin in frog is richly supplied with blood and provides extensive surface for respiration.
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Question 211 Mark
Mark the odd one in each of the following groups. Maxillary palp, labial palp, antennae, tracheoles.
Answer
Tracheoles.
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Question 221 Mark
How many cranial and spinal nerves are present in frog?
Answer
Cranial nerves-10 pairs Spinal nerves-9 pairs.
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Question 241 Mark
How are tendons different from ligament?
Answer
Tendons
Ligament
These are the dense regular connective tissues, which attach the muscles to bones.
These are the dense regular connective tissues which attach the bones at the joints.
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Question 251 Mark
Name the tissue which has intercalated disc. What is its function?
Answer
Cardiac muscle has intercalated discs. They allow the cardiac muscle cells to contract as a unit, i.e. when one cell receives the stimulus to contract, all the neighbouring cells are also stimulated to contract.
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Question 271 Mark
Answer the following questions with respect to areolar tissues:
  1. Where is areolar tissue present?
  2. What is the function of this tissue?
  3. Name any two cells it contains.
Answer
  1. It is present beneath the skin.
  2. It serves as a support framework for epithelia.
  3. Macrophages, mast cells, fibroblasts.
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Question 281 Mark
Name the types of fibres present in areolar tissues.
Answer
Yellow elastic fibres and white collagen fibres.
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Question 301 Mark
Name the site in our body, where:
  1. Dense irregular connective tissue is present.
  2. Blood cells are produced.
Answer
  1. Skin.
  2. Bone marrow.
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Question 311 Mark
Write the appropriate type of tissues in column B according to the functions mentioned in column A.
S. No.
Column A
Column B
1.
Secretion and absorption
...............
2.
Protective covering
……………..
3.
Linking and supporting framework
………………
Answer
S. No.
Column A
Column B
1.
Secretion and absorption
Columnar epithelium
2.
Protective covering
Stratified epithelium
3.
Linking and supporting framework
Connective tissue
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Question 321 Mark
Name the process by which a tadpole develops into an adult frog.
Answer
The body segment of earthworm are called metameres.
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Question 341 Mark
What is the scientific term given to earthworm’s body segments?
Answer
A tadpole develops into a frog by the process of metamorphosis.
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Question 361 Mark
  1. Which property of neurons makes them special cells of brain?
  2. Identify the packing cells present in the brain and spinal cord which supports the neurons.
Answer
  1. Neurons are excitable cells.
  2. Neuroglial cells.
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Question 381 Mark
Which part of earthworm's body produces ootheca and what does it contain?
Answer
Ootheca is produced by clitellum. Mature sperms, eggs and nutritive fluid are deposited in it.
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Question 411 Mark
What name is given to the following in a cockroach?
  1. Component units of a compound eye.
  2. The external genitalia of a male cockroach.
Answer
  1. Ommatidia.
  2. Phallomeres.
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Question 431 Mark
Mark the odd one in each of the following groups. Crop, gizzard, mesenteron, oesophagus.
Answer
Mesenteron.
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Question 441 Mark
Name (a) the first part of the hindgut and (b) the muscles that help in the pumping action of heart, in cockroaches.
Answer
  1. Ileum.
  2. Alary muscles.
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Question 451 Mark
Give the technical term for the following:
  1. The forewings/ mesothoracic wings.
  2. The jointed, filamentous structure found in the tenth abdominal segment of both male and female cockroaches.
Answer
  1. Tegmina.
  2. Anal cerci.
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Question 461 Mark
Name the accessory male reproductive gland of a cockroach. Where is it located?
Answer
Phallic gland; it is in the 6th and 7th abdominal segments.
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Question 471 Mark
Correct the wrong statements among the following: Muscular layer in the body wall of earth-worm is made up of only circular muscles.
Answer
Muscular layer in the body wall of earthworm is made up of an outer layer of circular muscles and an inner layer of longitudinal muscles.
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Question 491 Mark
Name the type of epithelium, which:
  1. Forms the inner lining of blood vessels
  2. Lines the buccal cavity.
Answer
  1. Simple squamous epithelium.
  2. Stratified epithelium.
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Question 501 Mark
What name is given to the body fluid of cockroach? Mention its components.
Answer
  1. The body fluid is called haemolymph.
  2. It consists of plasma and haemocytes.
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Question 511 Mark
Write the origin and function of epithelial tissue.
Answer
Origin Ectoderm, endoderm and mesoderm Function Protection, secretion and absorption.
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Question 541 Mark
  1. What the scientific name of cockroach.
  2. Differentiate between tendon and ligament.
  3. Name the tissue which lines the inner surface of fallopian tubes.
Answer
  1. Periplaneta americana.
  2.  
Tendons
Ligament
These are the dense regular connective tissues, which attach the muscles to bones.
These are the dense regular connective tissues which attach the bones at the joints.
  1. Ciliated epithelium.
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Question 551 Mark
Give a brief description of prostomium in the earthworm.
Answer
Prostomium is a lobe like structure and it acts as a covering of the mouth. Further the prostomium is used as a wedge while burrowing the soil.
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Question 561 Mark
A ring of 6-8 blind tubules is present at the junction of foregut and midgut of cockroach. Name the ring and write its function.
Answer
  1. It is a ring of hepatic caecae.
  2. They secrete the digestive juice.
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Question 571 Mark
Name the kind of epithelium found in lung alveoli. What is the advantage of its presence there?
Answer
  1. Lung alveoli are lined by simple squamous epithelium.
  2. Since cells are flat, they form diffusion boundaries for easy exchange of respiratory gases.
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Question 581 Mark
Which tissue forms the ligaments? What is their function?
Answer
Ligaments are formed of yellow elastic connective tissues. The ligaments join the two adjacent bones.
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Question 601 Mark
Name the types of young and mature cartilage cells.
Answer
Young cartilage cells: Chondroblasts. Mature cartilage cells: Chondrocytes.
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Question 631 Mark
What is the function of columnar epithelium?
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Secretion, absorption, movement of particles or mucus.
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Question 651 Mark
Mark the odd one in each series.
  1. Areolar tissue, blood, neuron, tendon.
  2. RBC, WBC, platelets, cartilage.
Answer
  1. Neuron.
  2. Cartilage.
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Question 691 Mark
Why the body segmentation in earthworm is called metameric segmentation?
Answer
In metameric segmentation, the external segmentation corresponds to the internal segmentation of the body.
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Question 711 Mark
Why neutrophils are called phagocytic cells?
Answer
They engulf microbes and dead cells therefore, they are called phagocytic cells.
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Question 721 Mark
What is the number of chambers present in the heart of frog?
Answer
Three, i.e., two auricles and one ventricle.
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Question 731 Mark
What is the name of the first segment of earthworm and what does it contain?
Answer
The first segment of earthworm is called a peristomium and it contains the buccal cavity of the earthworm.
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Question 741 Mark
Where do the nerves that supply the antennae and compound eyes of a cockroach arise from?
Answer
Supra-oesophageal ganglion in the head.
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Question 751 Mark
Why the blood of cockroach is not so responsible for transporting respiratory gases?
Answer
Because the respiratory pigment is absent in their blood.
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Question 761 Mark
Correct the wrong statements among the following: In earthworm, a single male genital pore is present.
Answer
There is a pair of male genital pore in 18 segment of the earthworm.
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Question 771 Mark
Define epithelial tissues.
Answer
The epithelial tissue faces either the body fluid or the outside environment and acts like covering for protection for certain parts of body.
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Question 781 Mark
Mark the odd one in each of the following groups. Salivary gland, gastric gland, tear gland, thyroid gland.
Answer
Thyroid gland.
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Question 791 Mark
Name the part of alimentary canal of cockroach,
  1. That has a cuticular lining.
  2. Where food is temporarily stored.
Answer
  1. Foregut.
  2. Crop.
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Question 811 Mark
  1. How many ovarioles are present in an ovary of a cockroach?
  2. Where are spermathecae present in a cockroach?
Answer
  1. Eight.
  2. In the sixth abdominal segment.
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Question 821 Mark
How does earthworm spoil the playgrounds?
Answer
The earthworms make burrows in the soil of playground. This spoils the ground.
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Question 831 Mark
Development in cockroach is described as paurometabolous. What is meant by this?
Answer
Since development involves nymphal stages, it is called paurometabolous.
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Question 841 Mark
Correct the wrong statements among the following: Setae help in locomotion of earthworm.
Answer
Setae help in locomotion of earthworm. (Correct statement)
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Question 871 Mark
Why is mosaic vision also known as nocturnal vision?
Answer
Since mosaic vision more often occurs during night, it is called nocturnal vision.
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Question 881 Mark
Name the types of epithelia that bear microvilli for absorption.
Answer
Cuboidal and columnar epithelia.
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Question 891 Mark
  1. How many chambers are present in the heart of a cockroach?
  2. Name the openings of the heart chambers through which blood enters the heart.
Answer
  1. 13 chambers.
  2. Ostia.
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Question 901 Mark
Name the type of epithelium that:
  1. Forms a diffusion boundary.
  2. Lines the inner surface of stomach.
Answer
  1. Simple squamous epithelium.
  2. Simple columnar epithelium.
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Question 921 Mark
A muscle fibre tapers at both ends and does not show striations. Name the muscle fibre.
Answer
Smooth muscle fibers taper at both the ends (fusiform) and do not show striations. They are also called involuntary muscles. Muscle Striated skeletal muscle, Non-striated smooth muscles.
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Question 941 Mark
Why are smooth muscles called 'involuntary muscles?
Answer
Since the functioning of smooth muscles cannot be directly controlled by our will, they are called involuntary muscles.
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Question 951 Mark
Name few, called the specialised connective tissues?
Answer
Bones, cartilage and blood are the special types of connective tissues.
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Question 971 Mark
What is an organ?
Answer
An organ is composed of similar or dissimilar type of tissues and is responsible for a specialised function.
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Question 981 Mark
Define connective tissues.
Answer
Connective tissues are made of a matrix with cells of different types embedded in it. This works to connect other tissues.
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Question 991 Mark
What term is given to the dorsal and ventral sclerites in a cockroach?
Answer
Dorsal- Tergites Ventral- Sternites
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Question 1001 Mark
Why the bone is the hardest tissue in the body?
Answer
The matrix of the bone is tough and contains a protein called ossein which makes it hard. It has mineral deposits of calcium and phosphates.
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Question 1021 Mark
What is the location and function of neurosecretory cells?
Answer
Neurosecretory cells are located in hypothalamus. Their function is to secrete neurohormones.
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Question 1031 Mark
Name the type of connective tissue that connects.
  1. Muscles to bones.
  2. Bones at the joints.
Answer
  1. Tendon.
  2. Ligament.
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Question 1041 Mark
What is the function of dendrites in a neuron?
Answer
Dendrite carries neural impulses from one neuron to another neuron.
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Question 1051 Mark
In earthworm, from which segment intestine starts and where it ends?
Answer
In earthworm, intestine starts from the 15th segment onwards and continues till the last segment.
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Question 1061 Mark
Give two identifying features of an adult male frog.
Answer
Male frogs can be distinguished by the presence of sound producing vocal sacs and copulatory pad on the first digit of forelimb, which are absent in female frogs.
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Question 1071 Mark
Correct the wrong statements among the following: Typhlosole is the part of intestine of earthworm.
Answer
Typhlosole is the part of intestine of earthworm. (Correct statement)
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Question 1091 Mark
What is the function of ciliated epithelium in human body?
Answer
The function of cilia is to move mucus or particles or ova in a specific direction.
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Question 1101 Mark
Give a brief description of the body wall of the earthworm.
Answer
The body wall of earthworm is covered externally by non-cellular cuticle. Below this is the epidermis, followed by two muscle layers and finally the innermost coelomic epithelium.
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Question 1111 Mark
Which epithelium forms the epidermis of the skin in land vertebrates?
Answer
Keratinised stratified squamous epithelium.
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Question 1121 Mark
What are annuli in earthworms and what is their function?
Answer
The body of earthworm bears a series of circular grooves called the annuli. The annuli divide the body into 100-120 small parts termed as segments or metameres.
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Question 1131 Mark
Plasma protein acts as acid-base buffers in the blood. Explain.
Answer
Plasma protein maintains the pH of the blood by neutralising the strong acids and bases, so it acts as acid-base buffers.
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Question 1151 Mark
Where is the Bidder's canal located and how is it useful in frog?
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Bidder's canal is present in the kidney of frog. It communicates with the ureter, which leaves the kidney near its end and opens into the cloaca.
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Question 1161 Mark
Name any two accessory/ additional excretory organs of cockroach.
Answer
Nephrocytes, urecose glands, fat body.
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Question 1171 Mark
What does the median dorsal line in an earthworm represent?
Answer
The median dorsal line is the dorsal blood vessel which runs throughout the length of an earthworm.
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Question 1181 Mark
How many ganglia are present in the thorax and abdomen, respectively in a cockroach?
Answer
Three in thorax and six in abdomen.
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Question 1191 Mark
How do you distinguish between dorsal andventral surface of the body of earthworm.
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The dorsal surface of the body of earthworm is marked by a dark mid dorsal line (dorsal blood vessel) along the longitudinal axis of the body and dorsal pores on the mid dorsal line. The ventral surface is distinguished by the presence of genital pores, genital papillae.
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Question 1211 Mark
On which segment of the body, male and female genital apertures are present in earthworm?
Answer
Male-18th segment; Female-14th segment.
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Question 1221 Mark
Define muscular tissues.
Answer
Muscular tissues are made of muscle fibres and help in articulation of limbs and movement of other organs.
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Question 1231 Mark
What are the components of haemoglobin?
Answer
Haemoglobin contains a protein called globin and $\mathrm{Fe}^{2+}$ (ferrous)-porphyrin complex called haeme.
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Question 1251 Mark
Mark the odd one in each of the following groups. Areolar tissue, tendon, neuron, ligament.
Answer
Neuron.
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Question 1261 Mark
Cockroaches are uricotelic. Justify.
Answer
Cockroaches excrete uric acid; the animals excreting uric acid, are known as uricotelic.
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Question 1271 Mark
What are the three parts of thorax in a cockroach?
Answer
Parts of thorax of cockroach to:
  • Prothorax.
  • Mesothorax.
  • Metathorax.
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Question 1291 Mark
Name the layers of the dermis of frog.
Answer
Layers of the dermis of frog are:
  1. The upper stratum spongiosum.
  2. The lower stratum compactum.
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Question 1301 Mark
In which type of bone, bone marrow cavity is present?
Answer
Bone marrow cavity is present in long bones, such as humerus, femur, etc.
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Question 1311 Mark
Which connective tissue is present under the skin?
Answer
Dense areolar and adipose connective tissue.
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Question 1331 Mark
Write the mode of locomotion in frog.
Answer
Swimming, leaping and walking are the modes of locomotion in frog.
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Question 1341 Mark
Name the location of connective tissue.
Answer
Connective tissues are widely distributed in the body of complex animals.
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Question 1361 Mark
Identify the sex of a frog in which sound producing vocal sacs are present.
Answer
Male frogs have sound producing vocal sacs.
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Question 1371 Mark
What is the shape of tadpole of frog? Name the hormone that helps in its metamorphosis.
Answer
Shape of tadpole is fish-like. Thyroxine hormone helps the tadpole in its metamorphosis.
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Question 1381 Mark
Name the cartilage present in pubic symphysis which helps in childbirth.
Answer
White fibrous cartilage.
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Question 1391 Mark
Justify the name pseudostratified epithelium.
Answer
This epithelium is made up of a single layer of columnar cells but it appears as two layered. Hence, it is named pseudostratified epithelium.
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Question 1411 Mark
What is glandular epithelium?
Answer
Those cuboidal or columnar epithelial cells, which become specialised for secretion, constitute glandular epithelium.
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Question 1421 Mark
How does clitellum help in forming egg case or cocoon in earthworm?
Answer
The clitellum secretes a fluid which on exposure to air gets harden to form an egg case or cocoon.
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Question 1431 Mark
Define neural tissues.
Answer
Neural tissue is made up of nerve cells or neurons. They facilitate conduction of nerve impulses.
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Question 1451 Mark
What is yellow bone marrow? What is its function and location?
Answer
The yellow bone marrow is composed of adipose tissues. It stores fat and produces corpuscles in emergency and is present in the shafts of long bones.
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Question 1461 Mark
How do cardiac muscle fibres contract as a unit?
Answer
The intercalated discs pass on the signal from one cell to its neighbouring cells; so all the cells contract as a unit.
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Question 1481 Mark
Mention the function of the following: Ureters in frog.
Answer
Ureters in frogs: A ureter acts as a urinogenital duct, which carries sperms along with urine in male frogs.
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