Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 37.6, Problem 2CC
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The insects remove soluble wastes by filtration, secretion or both.

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Invertebrates use a variety of mechanisms to remove wastes from their body fluids. Annelids have a series of tubular filtration structures called metanephridia in each segment of the body and consist of a tubular network starting with a funnel-like structure called a nephrostome.

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