NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER SCREENING 2006

  • question_answer
                    Metameric segmentation is the characteristic of:                                                                             

    A)                  Platyhelminthes and Arthropoda            

    B)                  Echinodermata and Annelida

    C)                  Annelida and Arthropoda                           

    D)                  Mollusca and Chordata

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    Metameric segmentation is the characteristic of Annelida (e.g., earthworm) and Arthropoda (e.g., Cockroach).                 In earthworm, body consists of 100-120 ring like segments or somites called metameres. It shows true segmentation i.e., external segmentation corresponds with internal segmentation.                 Cockroach also shows the metameric segmentation. Its anterior few segments are specialized to form head. Such metamerism is called heteronomous metamerism.                 Metameric segmentation is absent in platyhelminthes, Echinodermata, Mollusca etc.


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