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How does a tapeworm breathe?

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Through blood
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Through mouth
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Through body wall
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Through suckers
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Solution

The correct option is C Through body wall
Tapeworm is a parasite that causes Taeniasis. It lacks respiratory organs and is anaerobic. When oxygen becomes available it breathes by its body wall through which gaseous exchange takes place by diffusion. Thus the correct answer is option C.

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