You examine an animal and find that it an excretory tubule with a closed proximal end immersed in hemolymph and a

distal end that empties into the gut. You correctly identify this tubule as a ____.



a. nephron
b. hepatic tubule
c. metanephridium
d. Malpighian tubule
e. protonephridium


ANSWER: d

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