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Which excretory structures are found in flatworms such as Planaria?Read the answer and worked solution →Cockroaches remove nitrogenous wastes mainly through which organs?Read the answer and worked solution →In crustaceans such as prawns, excretion is carried out by which glands?Read the answer and worked solution →What are the tubular excretory structures of the earthworm called?Read the answer and worked solution →How does a bony fish mainly get rid of its ammonia?Read the answer and worked solution →In ureotelic animals, ammonia is converted into urea in which organ?Read the answer and worked solution →Which group excretes nitrogenous waste as uric acid paste or pellets?Read the answer and worked solution →Human kidneys lie between the levels of which vertebrae?Read the answer and worked solution →The ureter, blood vessels and nerves enter the kidney through the?Read the answer and worked solution →The broad funnel shaped space just inside the hilum is the?Read the answer and worked solution →Extensions of the cortex between medullary pyramids are called?Read the answer and worked solution →About how many nephrons does each human kidney have?Read the answer and worked solution →The glomerulus is a tuft of capillaries formed by the?Read the answer and worked solution →Which part of a nephron dips into the renal medulla?Read the answer and worked solution →Nephrons whose loop of Henle runs deep into the medulla are called?Read the answer and worked solution →In which nephrons is the vasa recta absent or highly reduced?Read the answer and worked solution →Renal blood flow is about what fraction of each ventricle's output?Read the answer and worked solution →Filtration slits in Bowman's capsule are formed by which cells?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is NOT one of the three layers blood is filtered through?Read the answer and worked solution →At 125 ml of filtrate per minute, about how much forms in a day?Read the answer and worked solution →Where is the juxta glomerular apparatus formed?Read the answer and worked solution →Roughly what share of the glomerular filtrate is reabsorbed?Read the answer and worked solution →Which substances do tubular cells secrete into the filtrate?Read the answer and worked solution →The proximal convoluted tubule is lined by which epithelium?Read the answer and worked solution →What share of electrolytes and water does the PCT reabsorb?Read the answer and worked solution →In which nephron segment does the filtrate become diluted?Read the answer and worked solution →Conditional reabsorption of Na+ and water occurs mainly in the?Read the answer and worked solution →Which segment lets small amounts of urea into the medullary interstitium?Read the answer and worked solution →The medullary osmotic gradient is mainly caused by which solutes?Read the answer and worked solution →NaCl leaving the ascending limb of Henle's loop is exchanged with the?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Which excretory structures are found in flatworms such as Planaria?

  1. Malpighian tubules
  2. Segmental nephridia
  3. Protonephridia
  4. Antennal green glands
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Correct answer: C. Protonephridia

Platyhelminthes like Planaria excrete through protonephridia, also called flame cells.

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Cockroaches remove nitrogenous wastes mainly through which organs?

  1. Flame cell system
  2. Antennal glands
  3. Malpighian tubules
  4. Segmental nephridia
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Correct answer: C. Malpighian tubules

Most insects, cockroaches included, use Malpighian tubules for excretion and osmoregulation.

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In crustaceans such as prawns, excretion is carried out by which glands?

  1. Antennal green glands
  2. Segmental nephridia
  3. Malpighian tubules
  4. Flame cell system
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Correct answer: A. Antennal green glands

Prawns and other crustaceans excrete through antennal glands, also known as green glands.

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