Vocab #4 Flashcards
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Nephron
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The filtering and excretory unit of the kidney
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Renal
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Having to do with the kidneys
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Glomerulus
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Cluster of capillaries around end of a kidney tubule where waste products are filtered from blood
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Protonephridium
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The duct of the flame cell
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Metanephridium
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A tubular,excretory structure, usually ending internally in flame cells and having an external pore
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Podocyte
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Cells that wrapped around glomerulus
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Coelom
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Body cavity between intestines and body wall
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Malpighion tubules
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A tubular excretory organ
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Proto
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Original, first
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Meta
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After, beyond
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Afferent
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Conducting inwards
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Efferent
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Conducting outwards
