Which of the following are the excretory organs in flatworms?
Excretory tubules
Flame cells
Both A and B
None of the above
Excretion in Platyhelminthes:
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The flame cells are protonephridia. Each flame cell bears a tuft of cilia that is involved in pushing the waste fluids from the tubules to outside of the body. Flame cells are also involved in osmoregulation.