Question

The body of a leech is divided into ____ segments, which is further divided into three parts.

• A. nine
• B. thirty nine
• C. thirty three
• D. twenty one

Answer 1

The correct option is C thirty three

The body of a leech is divided into thirty three segments, which is further divided into three parts, i.e., the first five segments fuse together to form the anterior sucker/oral sucker, the next twenty one segments form the middle region of the body, followed by the next seven segments which fuse to form the posterior sucker.