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The cockroach has compound eyes, each made up of numerous individual visual units called:

  • A Nephridia
  • B Statocysts
  • C Malpighian tubules
  • D Ommatidia

Correct answer: D. Ommatidia

Explanation: Each compound eye in the cockroach is composed of many individual visual units called ommatidia, each capable of detecting light independently.

Concept context

The four basic animal tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscular, neural) and the cockroach as a model organism for organ-system level organisation.

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