Multiple choice

Which is the CORRECT path of food in a grasshopper?

  1. Salivary Gland -> Crop -> Gizzard -> Midgut -> Anus

  2. Crop -> Salivary Gland -> Midgut -> Gizzard -> Anus

  3. Salivary Gland -> Gizzard -> Crop -> Midgut -> Anus

  4. Salivary Gland -> Midgut -> Gizzard -> Crop -> Anus
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Explanation

In the digestive system of a grasshopper, food is first moistened by secretions from the salivary glands and stored in the crop. It is then ground up in the muscular gizzard, digested and absorbed in the midgut, and finally excreted through the anus.

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