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Why does the camel excrete hypertonic urine?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding the Camel's Habitat**: Camels are known as the "Ship of the Desert" and are primarily found in extreme hot environments like deserts where water is scarce. 2. **Water Conservation**: In such arid conditions, camels have adapted to survive with minimal water intake. One of the key adaptations is their ability to excrete urine that is hypertonic (highly concentrated). 3. **Hypertonic Urine**: Hypertonic urine means that the urine has a higher concentration of solutes (like salts and urea) compared to the body fluids. This concentrated urine helps in reducing water loss from the body. ...
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  3. Why does the camel excrete hypertonic urine?

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  4. Differentiate between ureter and urethra.

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  6. Differentiate between ammonotelism and ureotelism. Name one organism o...

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  8. Mention two advantages of uricotelism in birds.

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  10. What is ureotelism? List its advantages over ammonotelism.

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  11. Name the 3 common nitrogenous waste materials in vertebrates. Which of...

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  13. What do you mean by ammonotelic and ureotelic animals? Name one organi...

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  14. What is uricotelism? In what way is it advantageous to the land animal...

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  15. What is micturition? Give abnormal constituents of human urine.

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  16. Define ammonotelism. Name the excretory organs of flatworms.

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  17. Define uricotelism. Name the excretory organs of cockroach.

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  18. Define ureotelism. Name the excretory organs of earthworm.

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  19. Differentiate between ammonotelism, ureotelism and uricotelism.

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  20. Differentiate between tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion.

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