Select Your Favourite
Category And Start Learning.

  • ICAR and TNAU E-Course Summarized

    Summarized Notes
  • Number of chambers in heart of cockroach is

    Question: Number of chambers in heart of cockroach is

    Options:

    10
    11
    12
    13

    ✅ Explanation: The heart of a cockroach is a long, tubular structure located dorsally in the abdomen. It is divided into 13 chambers, each with a pair of ostia (openings) that allow hemolymph (insect blood) to enter.
    Key Points
    -Cockroaches have multi-chambered hearts that are shaped like tubes which are much more resistant to failure than human hearts.
    -But instead of shaping the heart as a tube, they've created the chambers in a series of concentric spheres like an onion.
    -A cockroach belongs to the class Insecta of phylum Arthropoda.
    -They are brown or black-bodied animals.
    -The size ranges from 0.6-7.6 cm and consists of a long antenna, legs, and flat extension of the upper body wall that conceals the head.

    ✏️The body of the cockroach is segmented and divisible into three distinct regions:
    -Head
    -Thorax
    -Abdomen
    -The whole body of the cockroach is covered by the hard chitinous exoskeleton which is brown in color.
    -The circulatory system of cockroaches is an open type. Blood vessels in cockroaches are poorly developed and they open up into space known as hemocoel.
    -The heart of the cockroach consists of an elongated muscular tube lying along the dorsal line of the thorax and abdomen.
    -It is transformed into funnel-shaped chambers with Ostia. The cockroach has a 13 chambered tubular heart. Hence, Option 2 is correct.
    -Oxygenated blood enters each chamber through a pair of slit-like openings known as Ostia.
    -The first chamber opens into the aorta which further opens into head sinuses.
    ​Additional Information
    -The heart is the key organ for blood circulation and double circulation is an efficient way of circulation as it provides an effective way of circulation.  
    -Double circulation follows the main pathways, one for oxygenated blood and another for deoxygenated blood.
    -The majority of mammals, including humans, utilize a double circulatory system. Double circulation includes systemic circulation and pulmonary circulation.

      0
      Your Cart
      Your cart is emptyReturn to Shop