BHU PMT BHU PMT (Screening) Solved Paper-2006

  • question_answer
    Malpighian tubules are :

    A)  excretory organs of insects

    B)  excretory organs of frog

    C)  respiratory organs of insects

    D)  endocrine glands of insects

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

                     Malpighian tubules are the excretory organs of insects. It opens at the junction of midgut and hindgut (ileum) in cockroach. Malpighian   tubules absorb excretory substances from haemolymph and fat bodies and pass into the proctodaeum- The excretory product of insects is uric acid related with ,, water conservation. These tubules are concerned with homeostasis, osmoregularion and excretion. Respiratory organ of insects is tracheae, which opens outside by ten pairs of spiracles, present in thoracic (2 pairs) and abdominal (8 pairs) parts. Endocrine glands of insects consist of corpora   allata, corpora cardiaca and prothoracic    gland,    which regulate metamorphosis in insects through different hormonal secretion. Excretory   organ of frog is kidney (mesonephric), large   urinary   bladder, excretion ureotelic.


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