Malphigian tubule system
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Malpighian tubule system
The Malpighian tubule system is a type of
excretory
and
osmoregulatory
system found in some
Uniramia
(
Insects
and
Myriapoda
) and
arachnids
.The system consists of branching
tubules
extending from the
alimentary canal
that absorbs
solutes
, water, and wastes from the surrounding
hemolymph
. The wastes then are released from the organism in the form of solid nitrogenous compounds. The system is named after
Marcello Malpighi
, a seventeenth century anatomist.
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