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What are excretory cells of flatworms called?


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Excretory cells of flatworms:

  1. Flame cells are the excretory cells of flatworms.
  2. A flame cell is a specialized excretory cell found in the simplest freshwater invertebrates, such as flatworms and rotifers.
  3. It is the simplest excretory system identified in any animal.
  4. Flame cells have a waste-removing function comparable to that of a kidney.
  5. The flame cell features a nucleated cell body with a "cup-shaped" protrusion on the inner surface, which is covered in flagella.
  6. The cup is attached to a tube cell, which has cilia on its inner surface to help liquid flow through it.
  7. The cell's name comes from the pounding of these flagella, which resembles a flame.

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