Animals Chapter Outline . Earthworm - Lampito mauritii . Cockroach - Periplaneta americana . Frog - Rana hexadactyla • Understands and appreciates the morphology of the earthworm, cockroach and frog.
• Recognises the functions of different organ systems. • Appreciates the differences in the structural organization of the earthworm, cockroach and frog. Learning Objectives: organisms placed at different evolutionary levels to show their organization and functions. Morphology refers to the study of form or externally visible features.
The word anatomy is used for the study of internal organs in the animals. This chapter deals with the morphology and anatomy of invertebrates represented by the earthworm and cockroach and the vertebrates represented by the frog.