Flame Cell Definition

noun
A hollow cell in the excretory tubules of many lower animals, as flatworms, with an internal tuft of cilia that produces movement of the excretory products.
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Other Word Forms of Flame Cell

Noun

Singular:
flame cell
Plural:
flame cells

Flame Cell Sentence Examples

  • This paired organ consists of a string of cells which are perforated by a duct opening to the exterior and ending internally in a flame-cell.

  • From these are given off at irregular intervals short lateral branches, each of which terminates in a flame-cell (f) precisely similar in structure to the flame-cells found in Planarians, Trematodes and Cestodes; here as there the question whether they are open to the body cavity or not must probably be answered in the negative.

  • D, a flame-cell from the excretory apparatus, highly magnified (from Fraipont).

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