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Question

________ helps in mastication and chewing of food in herbivorous animals.

A

Mediastenum

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Diaphragm

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Pleura

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Diastema

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Solution

The correct option is D Diastema
The gap between the incisors and premolar is called diastema. In rabbits, it helps in mastication and chewing of food in herbivorous animals.

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