alleryWhich part of a leech's alimentary canal is the largest and stores blood in about ten chambers?
APharynx
BRectum
CStomach
DCrop
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Crop
1. The leech alimentary canal runs from mouth to anus.
2. The crop is the largest portion of this canal.
3. It is divided into about ten chambers that store ingested blood.
4. The stomach lies after the crop and is not the storage region, so it is the trap.
_Source: Samacheer Kalvi (TN SCERT) Class 10 Science, Unit 13 Structural Organisation of Animals "Alimentary Canal", p.196_
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