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Important Questions on Structural Organisation in Animals

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Following are the statements about prostomium of earthworm.
(a) It serves as a covering for the mouth.
(b) It helps to open cracks in the soil into which it can crawl.
(c) It is one of the sensory structures.
(d) It is the first body segment.
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The chloragogen cells of coelomic fluid in earthworm are analogous with ________ of vertebrates.
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Consider the following statements:

(i) The body wall of an earthworm is covered externally by a thin, non-cellular cuticle, below which lies epidermis.

(ii) The epidermis of an earthworm is made up of a single layer of columnar epithelial cells which contain secretory gland cells.

(iii) The setae are present in all segments of the body of earthworm.

(iv) Septal nephridia are present in first 14 segments in Pheretima.

Which of the above statements are correct?

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Which of the following is correct w.r.t. the dorsal blood vessel in Pheretima?
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The intestine of earthworm has a pair of short and conical intestinal caeca projecting out from segment
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If the dorsal pores of the earthworm are blocked, then which of the following functions are affected first?
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An important structure present is the 8th segment of Pheretima that helps in crushing food is: