Excretory System Flashcards
1
Q
Invertebrates’ Excetrory System
A
Cell surface or cell membrane
Metanephridia
Malpighian Tubules
Protonephridia or Flame Bulb System
2
Q
allows passage of wastes in unicellular organisms
A
Cell surface or cell membrane
3
Q
the excretory tubule of most annelids and adult mollusks
A
Metanephridia
4
Q
the excretory tubules of insects and other terrestrial arthropods attached to their digestive tract (midgut);
A
Malpighian Tubules
5
Q
a network of tubules that lack internal openings but have external openings at the body surface called nephridiopores such as in the flatworm, Dugesia.
A
Protonephridia or Flame Bulb System
6
Q
VERTEBRATES - removes waste from blood at turns it into urine.
Nephrons - the main functional unit
A
Kidneys
