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Nephridium - Wikipedia
The nephridium ( pl. : nephridia) is an invertebrate organ, found in pairs and performing a function similar to the vertebrate kidneys.
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NEPHRIDIUM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
an excretory organ that is characteristic of various coelomate invertebrates (as annelid worms, mollusks, brachiopods, and some arthropods)
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Nephridium - Oxford Reference
An organ probably concerned with excretion and the regulation of the water content of the body. It consists of a simple or branched tubule, lined with cilia.
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nephridium
nephridium Zool. (nɛˈfrɪdɪəm) Pl. nephridia. [mod.L. (Ray Lankester), ad. Gr. *νεϕρίδιον, dim. of νεϕρ-ός; cf. gonidium, etc.] A primitive excretory organ in the lower invertebrates, analogous in function to the kidney, but also, in some forms of Mollusca, used in reproduction.1877 Ray Lankester in ...
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Excretory system of gastropods - Wikipedia
The primary organ of excretion is a nephridium. Drawing of excretory system ... The most primitive gastropods retain two nephridia, but in the great majority of ...
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Anatomy of an earthworm nephridium. ( a ) Mature ... - ResearchGate
The nephridia (excretory organs) of lumbricid earthworms generally harbor symbiotic bacteria. In the compost worms Eisenia fetida and E. andrei, these comprise ...
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Nephridium | Excretory System, Tubules & Cilia - Britannica
Nephridium, unit of the excretory system in many primitive invertebrates and also in the amphioxus; it expels wastes from the body cavity to the (usually ...
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NEPHRIDIUM Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
Nephridium definition: the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the ...
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Nephridium - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics
Many aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates use the nephridia as excretory organs. They are tubular or branched structures in contact with the internal body ...
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What is nephridium? - Quora
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Nephridiopore
A nephridiopore is part of the nephridium, an excretory organ found in many organisms, such as flatworms and annelids. The nephridium consists of an opening called the nephrostome, a long convoluted tubule, and another opening called the nephridiopore.
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nephridiopore
nephridiopore (nɛˈfrɪdɪəʊpɔə(r)) [f. nephridium + pore n.1] The excretory opening of a nephridium.1888 F. E. Beddard in Q. Jrnl. Microsc. Sci. XXVIII. 397 There are more than one pair of nephridiopores in each segment of the body. 1946 Nature 9 Nov. 665/2 Overton observed an initial loss of weight o...
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nephridial
nephridial, a. Zool. (nɛˈfrɪdɪəl) [f. nephridi-um + -al1.] Pertaining or relating to a nephridium.1888 Rolleston & Jackson Anim. Life 462 The walls of the nephridial and viscero-pericardial sacs. Ibid. 463 The nephridial epithelium..is..longitudinally striated.
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Haplodrili
In the male, every genital segment has a right and a left protrusible penis, into which both the nephridium and a sperm-sac open.
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nephridiostome
nephridiostome (nɛˈfrɪdɪəʊstəʊm) [f. nephridium + -stome, ad. stoma.] = nephrostome s.v. nephro-.1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 882/2 The Hesionidæ have compound organs, serving both as excretory and as genital ducts, formed by the grafting of the coelomostome on to the nephridiostome. 1963 R. P. Dales ...
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