Malpighian tubules
Britishplural noun
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Malpighian tubules are organs that filter waste from hemolymph in cockroaches.
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Some insects have evolved Malpighian tubules to excrete wastes and maintain 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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Two species known, L. nova and L. testiculi, both from different species of Glomeris, a Myriapod; the former inhabits the Malpighian tubules, the latter the testis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
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