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The heart of the cockroach is made up of

Option: 1

6 contractile chambers correct.


Option: 2

Tubular muscles


Option: 3

13 contractile chambers


Option: 4

More than one correct

 


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Circulatory System of Cockroach -

Heart

  • The heart of cockroach lies along the mid-dorsal line of the thorax and abdomen. 
  • It is an elongated muscular tube consisting of 13 funnel-shaped contractile chambers. 
  • Each contractile chamber of heart contains inhalant openings called ostia on either side
  • Blood from the sinuses enter the heart through ostia and is pumped anteriorly to the sinuses again. 
  • The pumping of blood is brought about by the contraction and relaxation of fan-shaped paired muscles called alary muscles.

- The heart of the cockroach is an elongated muscular tube consisting of 13 funnel-shaped contractile chambers. Hence, option b and c are

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