Question

Write structure and function of a gizzard of a cockroach in short.

Answer 1

The gizzard of a cockroach:

A gizzard in a cockroach helps in the grinding of food, and it consists to be a part of the digestive system.

Functions:

1. It absorbs water and minerals.
2. The function of the gizzard is seen in two creatures grasshopper and cockroach.
3. The gizzard is a kind of muscular stomach in the cockroach.
4. It consists of sharp teeth which are able to grind the food into small parts.
5. It doesn't store food.
6. A gizzard is a thick wall that is a rounded structure also whose walls are muscular and greatly folded.
7. The foregut that opened into a gap helps cockroaches store their undigested food.

Structures: