JIPMER Jipmer Medical Solved Paper-2010

  • question_answer
    Tube feet is the locomotory organ in

    A) starfish                                

    B) jellyfish

    C) silver fish            

    D)        Scoliodon

    Correct Answer: A

    Solution :

    Tube feet are extensible tubular processes bearing suckers and present in rows on the under-surface of echinoderms. Tube feet are connected internally with water vascular system. Each tube foot has an ampulla, a podium and a sucker. Tube feet are sensory structures that take part in adhesion, locomotion, respiration and food capturing. They are locomotory organs of echinoderms like star fishes.   Jelly   fish   is   a   member   of phylum- Coelenterata. Scoliodon is a fish and silver fish is an arthropod.


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