VMMC VMMC Medical Solved Paper-2012

  • 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, osmoregulation and excretion, Respiratory organ of insects is tracheae, which opens outside by ten pairs of spiracles, present in throacic  (two pairs)  and abdominal (eight 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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