Nephridium is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.
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From New Latin, dating back to 1875-80; See origin at nephr-, -idium
The figure is given to shew the peritoneal funnel of the nephridium.
D, Lateral view showing the actual relation of the glandular and non-glandular sacs of the nephridium.
D, Optical section of a branch of the nephridium of Nephthys scolopendroides.
nephridium: The renal organ of mollusks, corresponding to kidneys in vertebrates.
Close to the point where the vesicle joins the coiled section of the nephridium the former has a peculiar nick or bend in it.
Portion of nephridium of the hindermost leg of Peripatus capensis, seen in longitudinal and vertical section.
There are thus substantial reasons for believing that the nephridium grows backwards from a funnel as does the coelomoduct.
Externally, the nephridium opens by a vesicle, as in many Oligochaetes whose lumen is intercellular.
Such a nephridium from the ninth pair of legs is represented in fig. 28.
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