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What is ureotelism? List its advantages over ammonotelism.

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### Step-by-Step Text Solution: 1. **Definition of Ureotelism**: Ureotelism is a biological process where nitrogenous waste is excreted in the form of urea. Organisms that follow this method of excretion are termed "ureotelic organisms." 2. **Comparison with Ammonotelism**: In contrast to ureotelism, ammonotelism is the process where nitrogenous waste is excreted as ammonia. Ammonia is highly toxic and requires a significant amount of water to be safely eliminated from the body. ...
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MODERN PUBLICATION-EXCRETORY PRODUCTS AND THEIR ELIMINATION-REVISION EXERCISES (Short Answer Questions)
  1. Mention two advantages of uricotelism in birds.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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  12. Differentiate between ammonotelism, ureotelism and uricotelism.

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  13. Differentiate between tubular reabsorption and tubular secretion.

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

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

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  16. Name a uricotelic animal. Why is it so called? How is this mode of exc...

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  17. Mammals can eliminate hypotonic urine and hypertonic urine according t...

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

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  19. Where and how is urea produced in ureotelic animals ? What happens to ...

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  20. Describe the location of juxta-glomerular apparatus in human kidney. E...

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