Which of the following is NOT true about open and closed circulatory systems?
a. The open circulatory system of an insect does not transport oxygen to body cells; closed circulatory systems do.
b. A fish has an open circulatory system, land vertebrates have closed circulatory systems.
c. Both systems have some sort of a heart that pumps blood through the body.
d. The blood and interstitial fluid are separate in a closed system but indistinguishable in an open system.
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The open circulatory system of a Monarch butterfly does not transport
Later a.