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Definition of madreporite from Webster's New World College Dictionary. Meaning of madreporite. Pronunciation of madreporite. Definition of the word madreporite. Origin of the word madreporite. ... Dictionary Home » Webster's New World College Dictionary » madreporite...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on madreporite (anatomy), ...lined with ciliated epithelium and derived from the coelom. ... Aspects of the topic madreporite are discussed in the following places at Britannica.
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The madreporite is an opening used to filter water into the water vascular system of echinoderms. It is visible as a small red or yellow button-like structure, looking like a small wart, on the aboral surface of the central disk of a sea star.
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www.bio-medicine.org/biology-dictionary/Madreporite/
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madreporite - Scientific definition of madreporite from A Dictionary of Earth Sciences at Encyclopedia.com ... Madreporite function and fluid volume relationships in sea urchins.; Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...role has ever been demonstrated.
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What is a(n) madreporite – Our zoology dictionary has ecology, physiology, genetics of madreporite, and the evolution of madreporite. Encyclopedia.com: Dictionary of Zoology ... Madreporite function and fluid volume relationships in sea urchins.; Magazine article from: The Biological Bulletin; 12/1/1996; ;
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The madreporite has been viewed as superfluous and unnecessary because starfish can keep their tube feet inflated by osmotic mechanisms alone. Recent evidence has suggested, however, that the madreporite may be significant in the replenishment of general body fluid.
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Fluorescent microbeads placed in the medium of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis were taken up into the pore canals and stone canal and distributed (in small numbers) to the distal tube feet, confirming a slow bulk inflow of seawater through the madreporite, where it is partially purified.
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madreporite n. A perforated platelike structure in most echinoderms that forms the intake for their water-vascular systems ... Home > Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary ... [So called because the perforations resemble those of a madrepore.]
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Index Artwork Intertidal Animals Sea Star Madreporite Search ... A closeup of the aboral (top) side of a sea star showing the madreporite, which is the opening where the sea star takes in water to fill its water vascular system. The madreporite is the small white disk visible in the right-center of the picture;
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