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...
- the coelomic fluid. Nitrogenous waste is excreted through a pair of metanephridia opening close to the ****, except in Phascolion and Onchnesoma, which...
- where it circulates to the metanephridia. In annelids the points at which fluid enters the protonephridia or metanephridia are on the forward side of...
- main body cavity. There can be anywhere from one to over a hundred metanephridia for excreting nitrogenous waste, which typically open near the anterior...
- storage of nutrients and in excretion. There are 10 to 17 pairs of metanephridia (excretory organs) in the mid-region of the leech. From these, ducts...
- eggs to have them fertilized. The production of gametes occurs via the metanephridia gland. Kristian Fauchald & Chris Glasby (2009). Kristian Fauchald (ed...
- A diagram of the inner organs of an annelid worm showing the metanephridia and both nephrostomes in one of the animal's segments...
- simple, filamentous gills. Excretion is through small ducts known as metanephridia. Terrestrial oligochaetes secrete urea, but the aquatic forms typically...
- on the body. Polychaetes have a varying number of protonephridia or metanephridia for excreting waste, which in some cases can be relatively complex in...