Question: Scorpion respires through?
Options:
a. Book lungs
b. Cuticle
c. Green glands
d. Trachea
Scorpions, like other arachnids (spiders, ticks, and mites), breathe through book lungs.
📌Other Options:
• Cuticle: While the cuticle, the hard outer shell of the scorpion, provides protection, it is not permeable to gas and cannot be used for respiration.
• Green glands: These are excretory organs responsible for removing waste products from the body and not involved in respiration.
• Trachea: These are air-filled tubes found in insects, not scorpions. Scorpions lack a tracheal system for respiration.
🛑 Related Terminology:
• Hemolymph: The circulatory fluid in invertebrates like scorpions, analogous to blood in vertebrates.