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Name the basic nitrogenous catabolite of proteins produced in the hody of a whale. In what form is it eliminated from the body? What is advantage of this kind of excretion?

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Identify the Basic Nitrogenous Catabolite of Proteins in Whales:** - The basic nitrogenous catabolite of proteins produced in the body of a whale is **urea**. Whales, as mammals, primarily convert ammonia (which is toxic) into urea for excretion. 2. **Form of Elimination from the Body:** - Whales eliminate nitrogenous waste in the form of **urea** rather than ammonia. This process occurs in the liver, where ammonia is converted into urea through the **ornithine cycle**. ...
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MODERN PUBLICATION-EXCRETORY PRODUCTS AND THEIR ELIMINATION-REVISION EXERCISES (Short Answer Questions)
  1. Why does the camel excrete hypertonic urine?

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  2. Differentiate between ureter and urethra.

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  3. Name the basic nitrogenous catabolite of proteins produced in the hody...

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

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  5. Mention any two characteristics of ammonia as a nitrogenous metabolic ...

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  6. Mention two advantages of uricotelism in birds.

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  7. What happens to the walls of distal convoluted tubule (DCT) of a nephr...

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

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

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  10. In what form the terrestrial reptiles excrete their nitrogenous wastes...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  17. Differentiate between ammonotelism, ureotelism and uricotelism.

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  18. Differentiate between tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion.

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  19. Describe the role of ADH and countercurrent system in forming hyperton...

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  20. Name the basic nitrogenous catabolite produced during protein cataboli...

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