NEET Previous Year Question

If the head of cockroach is removed, it may live for few days because

Topic: NEET PYQ

Answer: B. Full step-by-step solution below.

  1. AThe cockroach does not have nervous system
  2. BThe head holds a small proportion of a nervous system while the rest is situated along the ventral part of its body
  3. CThe head holds a   of a nervous system while the rest is situated along the dorsal part of its body
  4. DThe supra-oesophageal ganglia of the cockroach are situated in ventral part of abdomen

Correct answer: B

Solution

(b) The nervous system of cockroach consists of a series of fused, segmentally arranged ganglia joined by paired longitudinal connectives on the ventral side. The brain is represented by supra-oesophageal ganglion which supplies nerves to antennae and compound eyes.

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