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The Springtail Is a Very Common Small Insect That Lives

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The springtail is a very common small insect that lives in rotten logs, rich soil, and other humid places. Its cuticle is water repelling (hydrophobic) except for a strange organ, the collophore, on its ventral side. Because it lacks the excretory organs of other insects, the springtail has this organ in contact with the water (it is responsible for ion balance and secretion of wastes) . If we examined the cell structure of this collophore, we would expect to find a high number of


A) nuclei.
B) ribosomes.
C) Golgi bodies.
D) lysosomes.
E) centrioles.

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