Malpighian tubules
Britishplural noun
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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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Malpighian tubules are the opening of the digestive sac in box jellyfish.
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Some insects have evolved Malpighian tubules to excrete wastes and maintain osmotic balance.
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The Malpighian tubules filter waste materials out of the blood, or hemolymph, of insects.
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Malpighian tubules: long, slender tubules, varying in number, serving as excretory organs, entering the alimentary canal at the point of junction of chylific ventricle and ileum: said to be analogous with kidneys: = biliary vessels.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by John. B. Smith
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