Question

Choose the correct answer from the allternatives given.
What is the name of eight.blind tubes which arise from the anterior end of the mesenteron in cockroach?

• A. Hepatic caecae
• B. Malpighian tubes
• C. Tracheal tubes
• D. Spirades

Answer 1

The correct option is A Hepatic caecae

Answer A: Hepatic caecae

Gastric Cecae: These are also called hepatic cease or enteric cecae. They are blind tubes, in cockroach eight in numbers. It’s proximal end open at the beginning of the midgut.