VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    Common feature of human and insect tracheae is

    A) non-collapsible wall 

    B) supporting rings

    C) ectodermal origin   

    D) endodermal origin

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

    A tracheal tube  in insects develops as the imagination of the ectoderm. To prevent its collapse under pressure, a thin reinforcing  wire' of cuticle called the taenidia winds spirally through. it's membranous wall. The absence of taenidia in certain parts of the trachea allow the formation of collapsible air sacs.


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