Definition of Metanephridia. Meaning of Metanephridia. Synonyms of Metanephridia

- wastes from an animal's body. Nephridia come in two basic categories: metanephridia and protonephridia. All nephridia- and kidney- having animals belong...
- out of the blood and dumping it into the coelom as urine. A pair of metanephridia ("little kidneys") to the rear of and connected to the coelom extracts...
- where it circulates to the metanephridia. In annelids the points at which fluid enters the protonephridia or metanephridia are on the forward side of...
- the coelomic fluid. Nitrogenous waste is excreted through a pair of metanephridia opening close to the ****, except in Phascolion and Onchnesoma, which...
- eggs to have them fertilized. The production of gametes occurs via the metanephridia gland. Kristian Fauchald & Chris Glasby (2009). Kristian Fauchald (ed...
- architecta carries twice as much oxygen as a human of the same weight. Two metanephridia filter the body fluid, returning any useful products and dumping the...
- eliminated by diffusion through the mantle and lophop****. Brachiopods have metanephridia, used by many phyla to excrete ammonia and other dissolved wastes. However...
- main body cavity. There can be anywhere from one to over a hundred metanephridia for excreting nitrogenous waste, which typically open near the anterior...
- on the body. Polychaetes have a varying number of protonephridia or metanephridia for excreting waste, which in some cases can be relatively complex in...
- A diagram of the inner organs of an annelid worm showing the metanephridia and both nephrostomes in one of the animal's segments...