Cockroach, a type of insect, has an organ for breaking down the food particles called

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Cockroach, a type of insect, has an organ for breaking down the food particles called (A) Crop (B) Gizzard (C) Hepatic caeca (D) Malphigian tubules

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Cockroach belongs to the phylum Arthropoda. It is a type of omnivorous insect. The esophagus in the cockroach opens into a crop which is used for storing ingested food. The crop is connected to the gizzard (proventriculus). It helps in grinding the food particles in smaller pieces.

Q. Cockroach, a type of insect, has an organ for breaking down the food particles called

Crop

Gizzard

Hepatic caeca

Malphigian tubules

Cockroach belongs to the phylum Arthropoda. It is a type of omnivorous insect. The esophagus in the cockroach opens into a crop which is used for storing ingested food. The crop is connected to the gizzard (proventriculus). It helps in grinding the food particles in smaller pieces.