nephridium
/nuh-frid-ee-uhm/US // nəˈfrɪd i əm //UK // (nɪˈfrɪdɪəm) //
肾上腺素,肾脏,肾炎,肾脏病
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural ne·phrid·i·a [nuh-frid-ee-uh]. /nəˈfrɪd i ə/. Zoology.
- : the excretory organ of many invertebrates, consisting of a tubule with one end opening into the body cavity and the other opening into a pore at the body surface.
Examples
Portion of nephridium of the hindermost leg of Peripatus capensis, seen in longitudinal and vertical section.
The most important fact about them is that they disappear, and are in no way connected with the typical nephridium of the adult.
There are thus substantial reasons for believing that the nephridium grows backwards from a funnel as does the coelomoduct.
D, Optical section of a branch of the nephridium of Nephthys scolopendroides.
Externally, the nephridium opens by a vesicle, as in many Oligochaetes whose lumen is intercellular.
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