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What is harder the crop or gizzard in an earthworm?
The gizzard is harder than the crop in an earthworm. The gizzard is a muscular organ with stones inside that help grind up food, while the crop is a storage organ that stores food temporarily before it moves to the gizzard for digestion.
Why does the gizzard have to be thicker and stronger than the crop in an eartworm?
The crop is really more for storage, so all it needs to do is stretch. The gizzard does most of the digestion and needs to be more muscular to help break down its food.
Chicken have a special stomach called a what?
Chicken have a specialized compartment in their digestive system called a gizzard. This muscular organ helps to grind their food, particularly tough grains and seeds, into a more digestible form.
In which organ (crop or gizzard) did you find the contents to be most ground up and why?
The contents were found to be most ground up in the gizzard. The gizzard is a muscular organ that uses strong contractions to grind food, often aided by ingested grit or stones. This mechanical breakdown is crucial for digestion, making the gizzard more effective than the crop, which primarily serves as a storage organ without significant grinding action.
What does the gizzard do in a worm?
The gizzard in a worm helps grind up food particles so that they can be digested more easily. It is a muscular organ that contracts and relaxes to break down food before passing it on to the intestine for further digestion.
How can you tell witch end of a worm is his head?
The crop is located closer to the head. The crop has a thinner wall. The gizzard is more muscular and located posterior to the crop.
What happens in the insects gizzard?
In the insect gizzard, food is ground into finer particles that are more readily digested and absorbed.
Where does digestion take place in an earthworm?
The food is sucked in through the mouth via a muscular pharynx. The food then passes through the esophagus, then stored in the crop. The food goes into the gizzard after that, where sand and contractions churn the food. After it passes through and is absorbed by the intestines, it exits through the anus.
What part of speech is comparatively?
"Comparatively" is an adverb, as it modifies a verb, adjective, or other adverbs to indicate a comparison between two or more things.
When dissecting a worm specifically the crop and gizzard which organ would the contents be more ground up?
Gizzard because it is the next after the crop when food is going through the system.
What is the superlative and comparative of the word muscular?
more muscular, most muscular
When do you pay more tax?
Comparatively when you have more income or less deductions/exemptions.
