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Chapter 44
Unit Four
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Biology
Undergraduate 2
12/03/2014

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Isosmotic
Definition
Having an osmotic pressure
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Euryhaline
Definition
Can adapt to a wide range of salinities
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Ammonia
Definition
Very toxic, very soluble, no energy used
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Urea
Definition
Kind of toxic, some energy is used
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Uric Acid
Definition
Not toxic, not soluble in water, uses lots of energy
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Stenohaline
Definition
Has low range of tolerable salinity
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Bowman's Capsule
Definition
What the initial filtrate first goes through
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Protonephridia
Definition
Network of dead-end tubules, function in osmoregulation
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Metanephridia
Definition
Tube system that opens coelom, mollusk
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Flame Cell
Definition
Function like kidney, removing waste in simple freshwater invertebrates
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Malpighian Tubules
Definition
Blind tubules extend from gut to coelom
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