Malpighi
noun
Marcello 1628–94, Italian anatomist.
Malpighian
-
a word derived from
Malpighi.
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Malpighian tubules are convoluted, which increases their surface area, and they are lined with microvilli for reabsorption and maintenance of osmotic balance.
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Figure 32.12 Malpighian tubules of insects and other terrestrial arthropods remove nitrogenous wastes and other solutes from the hemolymph.
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If you observed a gradual increase in the solute concentration outside of the Malpighian tubules, what would you expect to happen?
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What are Malpighian tubules and which organism possesses them?
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In the kidneys we find parenchymatous nephritis, with some cell-growth in the Malpighian bodies.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
