In protozoa like Amoeba and Paramecium, the organ for osmoregulation is:
Correct answer: A. Contractile vacuole
- A. Contractile vacuole
- B. Mitochondria
- C. Nucleus
- D. Food vacuole.
Explanation
The function of contractile vacuole is osmoregulatory. Water in freshwater protozoa enters the organism by endosmosis and during feeding. If the organism does not possess a mechanism to get rid of this excess water, it will swell to the point of rupture and dissolution. The mechanism which is assumed to effect water regulation is the contractile vacuole. The vacuole periodically increases in volume (diastole) to get filled with water and contracts (systole) to discharge its water content to the surrounding environment.
Last updated
Related questions
A biologist was studying some groups of protozoa when he noticed details of some of the organisms of this kingdom, which one pair is mismatched?
A Dutch scientist first observed very small creatures in:
A group of producers second only to diatoms
A large group of parasitic protozoa, some of which causes various diseases such as malaria to humans, are:
A sessile ciliate