Which of the following sense organs present in Ascaris are chemoreceptors and are located in ventrolateral lips?

Amphids

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Pineal setae

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Pineal spicules

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Copulatory bursa

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Solution

The correct option is A Amphids
The mouth of Ascaris is surrounded by one mid-dorsal and two ventrolateral lips. Two double sensory papillae are present in the dorsal lip and one double sensory papilla in the ventral lip. The ventrolateral lips also have a chemoreceptor called amphid.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

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