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In each segment of cockroach, the exoske...

In each segment of cockroach, the exoskeleton has hardened plates called :

A

Sclerites

B

Arthrodial membrane

C

Ossicles

D

None

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The entire body is covered by a hard chitinous exoskeleton. In each segment, exoskeleton has hardened plates called scalar tees (tergites dorsally and sternites ventrally) that are joined to each other by a thin and flexible articular membrane called arthrodial membrane.
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