Nephrostome

Nephrostome is the funnel-like component of a metanephridium. It is always oriented towards the coelom. The nephrostome is covered from the inside with cilia, which push the water, metabolic wastes, unnecessary hormones and other substances into the metanephridium.

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This animal anatomy-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.v · Categories: Annelid anatomy Invertebrate stubs Animal anatomy stubs Wikimedia Foundation. 2010. Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая? Stadionul Regie Stadionul Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Look at other dictionaries: Nephrostome — Neph ro*stome, n. [Gr. nefro s a kidney + sto ma mouth.] (Zo[ o]l. & Anat.) The funnel shaped opening of a nephridium into the body cavity. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English nephrostome — noun Etymology: New Latin nephrostoma, from nephr + stoma stoma Date: 1888 the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium …   New Collegiate Dictionary nephrostome — n. [Gr. nephros, kidney; stoma, mouth] The coelomic opening of a nephridium …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology nephrostome — nephrostomous /neuh fros teuh meuhs/, nephrostomial, adj. /nef reuh stohm /, n. 1. Zool. the ciliated opening of a nephridium into the coelom. 2. Embryol. a similar opening from the coelom into a tubule of the embryonic kidney. [1885 90; NEPHRO + …   Universalium nephrostome — neph·ro·stome nef rə .stōm also ne·phros·to·ma ni fräs tə mə n, pl stomes also sto·ma·ta mət ə the ciliated funnel shaped coelomic opening of a typical nephridium * * * neph·ro·stome (nefґro stōm) nephrostoma …   Medical dictionary nephrostome — neph·ro·stome …   English syllables nephrostome — …   Useful english dictionary nephrostoma, nephrostome — One of the ciliated funnel shaped openings by which pronephric and some primitive mesonephric tubules communicate with the celom. [nephro + G. stoma, mouth] …   Medical dictionary Nephridiopore — is part of the nephridia, an excretory organ found in many organisms, such as flatworms or annelids. Nephridia are analogous to nephrons or uriniferous tubules found in the kidney of humans. The nephridia consists of an opening called nephrostome …   Wikipedia animal development — Introduction  the processes that lead eventually to the formation of a new animal starting from cells derived from one or more parent individuals. Development thus occurs following the process by which a new generation of organisms is produced by …   Universalium 18+ © Academic, 2000-2024 Contact us: Technical Support, Advertising Dictionaries export, created on PHP, Joomla, Drupal, WordPress, MODx. Mark and share Search through all dictionaries Translate… Search Internet Share the article and excerpts Direct link … Do a right-click on the link above and select “Copy Link”