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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

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
  1. 1

    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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