NEETZoologyExcretory Products and their Elimination
What are protonephridia primarily concerned with?
Options
- ANitrogenous waste removal
- BMaintaining fluid and ionic balance
- CIonic and fluid volume regulation
- DImproving osmoregulation
Correct answer
C. Ionic and fluid volume regulation
Step-by-step solution
A survey of animal kingdom presents a variety of excretory structures. In most of the invertebrates, these structures are simple tubular forms whereas vertebrates have complex tubular organs called kidneys. Some of these structures are mentioned here. Protonephridia or flame cells are the excretory structures in Platyhelminthes (Flatworms, e.g., Planaria), rotifers, some annelids and the cephalochordate – Amphioxus. Protonephridia are primarily concerned with ionic and fluid volume regulation , i.e., osmoregulation