A tubule that extends from the posterior part of the digestive tract which absorbs solutes, water, and wastes from the surrounding hemolymph. Each tubule consists of a single layer of cells that is closed off at the distal end with the proximal end joining the alimentary canal at the junction between the midgut and hindgut[WP,modified]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malpighian_tubule_system ]
Term information
- Wikipedia:Malpighian_tubule
- MIAA:0000123
- GAID:1228
- FBbt:00005786
- MAT:0000123
- SCTID:41055008
- TGMA:0001038
- BTO:0000810
- TADS:0000163
- MESH:D008317
- EFO:0000243
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A tubule that extends from the posterior part of the digestive tract which absorbs solutes, water, and wastes from the surrounding hemolymph. Each tubule consists of a single layer of cells that is closed off at the distal end with the proximal end joining the alimentary canal at the junction between the midgut and hindgut[WP,modified].
It is unclear as to whether the Malpighian tubules of arachnids and those of the Uniramia are homologous or the result of convergent evolution.[Wikipedia:Malpighian_tubule_system]