Answer: Gastric caeca.
- A Malpighian tubules
- B Hepatic caeca
- C Gastric caeca
- D Salivary glands
Correct answer: C. Gastric caeca
Explanation: The hepatic or gastric caeca are blind ring of tubules arising at the junction of the foregut and midgut that secrete digestive juice in the cockroach.
The four basic animal tissue types and their core functions: epithelial (covering/lining), connective (support and transport), muscular (movement), and neural (signal conduction).
Concept context
The four basic animal tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscular, neural) and the cockroach as a model organism for organ-system level organisation.