Definition of Flame cell

1. Noun. Organ of excretion in flatworms.

Group relationships: Flatworm, Platyhelminth
Generic synonyms: Excretory Organ, Urinary Organ

Lexicographical Neighbors of Flame Cell

flamboyancies
flamboyancy
flamboyant
flamboyant tree
flamboyantly
flamboyants
flamboyer
flamboyers
flame
flame-flower
flame-out
flame-retardant
flame arc
flame bait
flame bush
flame cell (current term)
flame durrajong
flame emission spectrophotometry
flame figure
flame fish
flame flower
flame gun
flame ionisation detector
flame ionization
flame nettle
flame out
flame pea
flame retardant
flame retardants
flame spots

Literary usage of Flame cell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1904)
"The most median of these bears the first flame cell (Fl.C. 1), and is connected with the corresponding ductule of the opposite side by a transverse ..."

2. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria by Royal Society of Victoria (1898)
"On the Structure of the Vibratile Tags or flame cell in Rotifera ... The somewhat doubtful tone of the remarks on the flame cell or vibratile tags of ..."

3. The Animal Parasites of Man by Harold Benjamin Fantham, Maximilian Gustav Christian Carl Braun (1916)
"Terminal flame cell of the excretory system. «., nucleus of cell ; c., bundle of cilia forming ihe "flame"; /., processes of cell extending inio parenchyma ..."

4. A treatise on zoology. by E. Ray Lankester (1901)
"Another flame cell is shown between the index lines <i, o); g, bundle of outer longitudinal muscle fibres ; /', a calcareous corpuscle, " lime cell," with ..."

5. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1908)
"Bugge (1902) has shown that each flame cell and its capillary " develop out of one cell and are to be compared with a unicellular gland," a practical ..."

6. Principles of Animal Biology by Aaron Franklin Shull, George Roger Larue, Alexander Grant Ruthven (1920)
"9O, and the structure of a flame cell in Fig. 91. The flame cell is somewhat stellate or irregular in shape, hollowed out to form a funnel-shaped cavity ..."

7. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"The flame- cell (Fig. 100) is large and hollow, with a bunch of flickering cilia ... Flame-cell of Planaria, e, cilia ; e, opening into excretory tubule. ..."

8. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"A flame-cell from the tapeworm found in the robin. nu., nucleus; c., collar; n., neck. ... This type of cell is known as a "flame-cell" or ..."

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