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Q1: Compare and contrast the Malpighi an tubule with the nephron in regard to anatomy.

malpighian tubule,  in insects, any of the excretory body parts that lie in the abdominal body cavity and empty into the junction between midgut and hindgut. In species having couple of malpighian tubules, they are long and coiled; in species with many (up to 150) tubules, they are short. The tubule units dynamically transport primary urine constituents (potassium ions, water, urate ions, sugar, amino acids) into the tubule.

Whereas Nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney. Its head function is to regulate the ...