GENERAL HISTOLOGY

OESOPHAGUS STOMACH

ECHINODERMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Most echinoderms have two rows of tiny feet on the bottom of each arm called ____
A
tube arms
B
tube feet
C
tube toes
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tube feet (technically podia) are small active tubular projections on the oral face of an echinoderm, whether the arms of a starfish, or the undersides of sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers; they are more discreet though present on brittle stars, and have only a feeding function in feather stars.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sea urchins and sand dollars are examples of Echinoidea. These echinoderms do not have arms, but are hemispherical or flattened with five rows of tube feet that help them in slow movement; tube feet are extruded through pores of a continuous internal shell called a test.

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