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Question:

Study a part of the life cycle of malarial parasite given below. Answer the questions that follow:(a) Mention the roles of 'A' in the life cycle of the malarial parasite.(b) Name the event 'C' and the organ where this event occurs.(c) Identify the organ 'B' and name the cells being released from it.

Solution:

(a) A is female Anopheles mosquito, this mosquito acts as a vector and transmits the disease from patients to healthy individuals (b) The event C occurs in the intestinal wall of mosquito and is called as fertilisation (c) B is the salivary glands from where sporozoites are released.