The nephridium (plural nephridia) is an invertebrate organ, found in pairs and performing a function similar to the vertebrate kidneys (which originated...
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Solenocyte (section Hatschek’s nephridium)
protonephridia, Hatschek's nephridium is a large unpaired excretory structure found within Branchiostoma virginiae. The nephridium, along with its collection...
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nephridia, which produce either ammonia or uric acid as a waste product. The nephridium also plays an important role in maintaining water balance in freshwater...
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excretion is a nephridium. The most primitive gastropods retain two nephridia, but in the great majority of species, the right nephridium has been lost...
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excretory system, the nephridium is central, tending to the right side of the body, as a thin dark layer of glandular tissue. The nephridium is anterior and...
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between one and four pairs of tracheae. The excretory system includes a nephridium and one or two pairs of Malpighian tubules. Several families of mites...
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hyposphere 1 - ganglia 2 - apical tuft 3 - prototroch 4 - metatroch 5 - nephridium 6 - anus 7 - protonephridia 8 - gastrointestinal tract 9 - buccal opening...
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pericardial cavity of the branchial hearts, each of which is connected to a nephridium by a narrow canal. The canal delivers the excreta to a bladder-like renal...
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A nephridiopore is part of the nephridium, an excretory organ found in many organisms, such as flatworms and annelids. Polychaetes typically release their...
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research of amphioxus, the anatomical terms "Hatschek's pit" and "Hatschek's nephridium" are derived. Studien über Entwicklungsgeschichte der Anneliden. Ein Beitrag...
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