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Evolution of the animal excretory and reproductive systems

11-grade · Chapter: The phylogeny of the organic world

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Why excretion is needed
Excretory organs of invertebrates
The vertebrate kidney and the nitrogenous product
Evolution of the reproductive system, and the close of the chapter

Key terms

Excretion
Osmoregulation
Contractile vacuole
Protonephridia
Metanephridia
Malpighian tubules
Metanephros
Loop of Henle
Uric acid
Hermaphroditism
Internal fertilisation
Amniotic egg

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