Question

mouth parts of cockroach are suited for

Answer 1

Mouth parts of cockroach are of biting and chewing type ,and are suitable for its habit of taking solid food.

Answer 2

Answer:

The mouth parts of cockroach consist of :

(i) Labrum :

• It is a broad, chitinous flap which forms anterior margin of mouth cavity (hence also known as upper lip).

(ii) Mandibles :

• These are two small structures. They work like jaws.

(iii) Maxillae :

• They lie beneath the mandible on either side on the head capsule. Both maxillae act as accessory jaws.

(iv) Labium (lower lip) :

• It is a single structure forming lower lip.

(v) Hypopharynx :

• A median flexible lobe acting as tongue.