Malpighian tubules
Britishplural noun
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The Malpighian tubules filter waste materials out of the blood, or hemolymph, of insects.
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Malpighian tubules are organs that filter waste from hemolymph in cockroaches.
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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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Malpighian tubules work cooperatively with specialized glands in the wall of the rectum.
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At its posterior end are given off five long slender processes, the Malpighian tubules which are organs of excretion, acting like the kidneys of higher animals.
From Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases by Doane, Rennie Wilbur
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