In cockroaches partly digested food is stored in the:
Correct answer: A. Crop
- A. Crop
- B. Gizzard
- C. Rectum
- D. Hepatic caeca
Explanation
•Food leaves the crop chunk by chunk after being ground in the gizzard•The indigestible food is temporarily stored in the rectum before it is egested•These short finger-like hollow tubes open into the midgut
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