Marcello Malpighi was an Italian

Italy

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 doctor, who gave his name to several physiological features, like the Malpighian tubule system

Malpighian tubule system

The Malpighian tubule system is a type of excretory and osmoregulatory system found in some Uniramia , arachnids and tardigrades....

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Malpighi was born on March 10, 1628 at Crevalcore

Crevalcore

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 near Bologna

Bologna

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. The son of well to do parents, Malpighi was educated in his native city, entering the University of Bologna at the age of 17. In a posthumous work delivered and dedicated to the Royal Society in London in 1697, Malpighi says he completed his grammatical studies in 1645, at which point he began to apply himself to the study of Peripatetic Philosophy.