excretory system
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Their excretory system, or protonephridia, consists of two tubules connected to a highly branched tube system.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Their excretory system consists of two tubules connected to a highly branched duct system.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
For example, nutrients pass from the digestive system into the blood, and the excretory system rids the blood of wastes.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
It was like having a ticking time bomb lodged in your excretory system.
From Salon • Sep. 16, 2013
In the same way the living machine has its excretory system for removing wastes.
From The Story of the Living Machine A Review of the Conclusions of Modern Biology in Regard to the Mechanism Which Controls the Phenomena of Living Activity by Conn, H. W. (Herbert William)
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